Part I Before the War - A suffolk family - A "very military" young man - Family and politics - Part II The War Begins - The frustrated general - Some relief for the poor foot-soldier - Never in command: 1776-1779 - Part III The general gets a command: Success in South Carolina - A taste of independence: Autumn, 1779, to Summer, 1780 - Camden: "A severe satire upon Saratoga" - Part IV The Disastrous drive North - the Carolinas - The Loyalist militia: Useless, disorderly, destructive banditti - King's mountain: Riderless white horse - Bitter aftermath - Winter at Winnsboro- Cowpens: the late affair has almost broke my heart - Guildord Courthouse: a bear with his stern in the corner - Wilmington: our very shattr'd exhuasted, ragged troops - The War Ends - Frustrated commander - Virginia: the last campaign - The world turned upside down.