jan 16, 1781 - Capt Conyers' action at Wright's Ferry

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Excerpt from a letter from Brigadier General Francis Marion to Major General Nathanael Greene, dated Jan. 18, 1781:
"Lt. Col. John Ervin who commands a detachment near Nelson's Ferry, informs me that he sent Capt. [Clement] Conyers with ten men to reconnoitre the enemy at Wright's Bluff. He fell in with fourteen of [Maj. John] Harrison's corps, killed four & took two men, five horses & four muskets. Several men got off wounded, Capt. Conyers had not a man hurt."

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