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with the American states. Washington spent
the winter of 1777-8 at Valley Forge in the
vicinity of Philadelphia, where his men suf-
fered terrible hardships. In the spring Sir
Henry Clinton, who had succeeded Howe,
evacuated Philadelphia. Late in 1778 the
British turned their attention to the South.
Savannah was captured, but Charleston could
not be taken until the spring of 1780.
The opportunity had come for Washington,
who was in the North, to deal a decisive blow
to the British. Strengthened by a French
army under Rochambeau, he swooped down
from New York, and penned the British army
up at Yorktown. Now came the great service
that had been hoped of the French alliance.
The French fleet held off a rescuing British
fleet until Cornwallis, despairing of aid, sur-

Revolution, Sons of the, a patriotic so-
ciety founded in New York in 1876 and in-
corporated in 1884 to keep alive the memory
of the patriotism of those who served the
country during the war for independence and
to preserve records of the period. Male de-
scendants of soldiers, sailors, marines, offi-
cers and civil officials, who served between
April 19, 1775, and April 19, 1783. The
society has 31 state societies, with a total
membership of 7,650. The general society
meets triennially.
Revolution, Sons of the American. A
national patriotic society established in New
York in 1889. Its purposes are identical with
those of the Sons of the Revolution. It has
about 18,000 members.
Revolvers. A pistol is a small rifle with a

gout revolver.
single action.

smith & wesson safety
hammerless revolver.

the luqer
automatic pistol.
colt's automatic
pistol.as bore.	..,	
Common Types of Revolvers and Pistols.

rendered (Oct. 19, 1781). The loss of Corn-
wallis's army, together with the terrible
drain on England's resources because of her
struggles with other enemies in various parts
of the world, led to proposals for peace, which
ended in the signing of a treaty at Paris (Sept,
3, 1783) in which England acknowledged
American independence.
Revolution, Daughters of the. An or-
ganization founded in 1891, in New York, to
perpetuate the patriotic spirit of the Revolu-
tion, to publish and preserve Revolutionary
records and to encourage the study of Am-
erican history,
Revolution, Daughters of the Ameri-
can. A national society organized in Wash-
ington in 1890. It has 690 chapters, and
chapter regents have been appointed for Can-
ada, England, the Philippines and South Af-
rica. The membership is over 160,000,

short barrel, which may be aimed and fired
with one hand. A revolver is a pistol hav-
ing a revolving cylinder or revolving barrels.
The revolving chamber appeared at about
the same time as the revolving barrels. Num-
berless patterns of this device have appeared,
probably the first being that patended by the
Marquis of Worcester in 1661. An improved
method of causing the revolution was pat-
ented in England and the United States by
E. H. Collier, an American, in 1818. After
many years of experiments, Samuel Colt, of
Hartford, Conn., patented his world-re-
nowned Colt's Revolver, which is still in use,
and probably has no superior in the world.
Many improvements have been introduced,
from time to time, principally in the direc-
tion of greater rapidity of fire.
Revue des Deux Mondes, the greatest of
French reviews, was founded in 1829 by 8eg-