Note 50 — Chapter IV · The Warrior, the Statesman, and the Planter.

Washington, commenting upon this movement of Major Grant, writes: “From all accounts I can collect, it appears very clear that this was a very ill-concerted, or a very ill-executed plan. Perhaps both. But it seems to be very generally acknowledged that Major Grant exceeded his orders.”—Irving’s Life of Washington, vol. i. p. 286.