TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. More detail can be found at the end of the book. Revolutionary Reader REMINISCENCES AND INDIAN LEGENDS COMPILED BY SOPHIE LEE FOSTER STATE REGENT DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION OF GEORGIA ATLANTA, GA.: BYRD PRINTING COMPANY 1913 _COPYRIGHTED 1913_ _BY_ _SOPHIE LEE FOSTER_ _DEDICATION_ _As my work has been a labor of love, I therefore affectionately dedicate this book to the Daughters of the American Revolution of Georgia._ September 4, 1913. MRS. SHEPPARD W. FOSTER, Atlanta, Georgia. My Dear Mrs. Foster:--To say that I am delighted with your Revolutionary Reader is to state the sheer truth in very mild terms. It is a marvel to me how you could gather together so many charmingly written articles, each of them illustrative of some dramatic phase of the great struggle for independence. There is much in this book of local interest to each section. There is literally nothing which does not carry with it an appeal of the most profound interest to the general reader, whether in Georgia or New England. You have ignored no part of the map. I congratulate you upon your wonderful success in the preparation of your Revolutionary Reader. It is marvelously rich in contents and broadly American in spirit. Sincerely your friend, (Signed) LUCIAN LAMAR KNIGHT. September 8, 1913. MRS. S. W. FOSTER, 711 Peachtree Street. I like very much your plan of a Revolutionary reader. I hope it will be adopted by the school boards of the various states as a supplementary reader so that it may have a wide circulation. Yours sincerely, JOSEPH T. DERRY. CONTENTS PAGE America 11 Washington's Name 12 Washington's Inauguration 13 Important Characters of the Revolutionary Period in American History 14 Battle of Alamance 20 Battle of Lexington 22 Signers of Declaration 35 Life at Valley Forge 37 Old Williamsburg 46 Song of the Revolution 52 A True Story of the Revolution 53 Georgia Poem 55