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Peter Francisco / Marquis of Bretigny and Col. Wm. Washington

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Peter Francisco, renowned in the Revolutionary War for his stature, strength, and courage, killed eleven enemy soldiers in this engagement with his own broadsword and became perhaps the war's most famous private soldier. In the valley below, the Marquis of Bretigny and Col. Wm. Washington, with their North Carolina and Virginia cavalry, charged the 2nd Queens Guards and ran through and over them.
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