The rescue: Sergeants Newton and Jasper of Marion's Brigade, rescuing American prisoners from a British guard, who had stacked their muskets while resting near a spring, South Carolina, 1779

Color lithograph by Currier & Ives; group of British soldiers in foreground surprised and fired upon by 2 American soldiers (William Jaspar and John Newton) in woods, 2 bound prisoners, a man, woman and child, at left. Color lithograph by Currier & Ives; group of British soldiers in foreground surprised and fired upon by 2 American soldiers (William Jaspar and John Newton) in woods, 2 bound prisoners, a man, woman and child, at left. Small oblong folio, matted; margins severely trimmed; worn. New York, Harry H. Hymes, 1946.
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