Hobart, Garret

A., lawyer; born 1844 in New Jersey. Served in State Legislature. Was speaker of House and president of Senate. Elected Vice-President November 3, 1896. Died 1899. Hobkirk’s Hill, Battle of, April 25, 1781. Greene, being unable to a ault or invest Camden, S. C., took his position ten miles north at Hobkirk’s Hill. Here Lord Rawdon attacked him. Greene had nearly won when victory slipped from his grasp. The famous Maryland brigade fell into disorder through misunderstanding of orders and deranged Greene’s plan. He was driven from his post and forced to retire.