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James was apparently not discouraged by the rout at Camden, because
about a year later, in August of 1781, "I again volunteered under
Captain Heming Bates of Halifax County. Captain Roberts and Captain
Falkins also commanded companies from the same county; marched under
command of Colonel Rogers to York Town; was then drafted in the
Artillery and placed in the company of Captain Falkins, under General
Lawson."
He remained in
constant and active service, throwing up entrenchments, etc., until the
surrender of Yorktown by Cornwallis. "I do not remember the names
of many of the officers except General Washington and the Marquis de
LaFayette." He was discharged in the latter part of October,
"then being unwell with the ague," and received a written
discharge. "After the surrender I was again placed under the
command of Capt. Bates. I think my discharge was signed by him; I have
long since lost it. I was in service this time about two months, making
in all eleven months I served during the Revolutionary War; I was always
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The British surrender at
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