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t the whole country seemed upon the eve of a revolt. In the second week of September, when the heats Sept. of summer had abated, the earlier cereal grains had beSept. of summer had abated, the earlier cereal grains had been harvested and the maize was nearly ripe, Cornwallis began his projected march. He relied on the loyalists of North Carolina to recruit his army. On his left, Mae. With a corps of one hundred provincials and one hundred Chap. XVI.} 1780. Sept. Cherokees, Brown maintained a position on Garden Hill for nearly a week, when hrmy at bay. From Charlotte Cornwallis pursued his course Chap. XVI.} 1780. Sept. towards Salisbury. Meantime, the fugitives under Macdowell recounted the sorro All the while Marion had been on the alert. hundred tories had been sent in September to sur- Sept. prise him; and with but fifty-three men he first surprised a pSept. prise him; and with but fifty-three men he first surprised a part of his pursuers, and then drove the main body to flight. At Black Mingo, on the twenty-eighth, he made a 28. successful attack on a guard of sixty militia, a
1780 AD (search for this): chapter 17
moment of his victory near Camden, Chap. XVI.} 1780. Cornwallis became the principal figure in the ing her resources for the conquest Chap. XVI.} 1780. of Gibraltar; but the incidents which overthre between the Pedee and the Santee, Chap. XVI.} 1780. Marion and his men kept watch. Of a delicate y Papers, 79, 80. The British his- Chap. XVI.} 1780. torian of the war, who was then in South Carolundred provincials and one hundred Chap. XVI.} 1780. Sept. Cherokees, Brown maintained a position on thirteen hundred strong, marched Chap. XVI.} 1780. Oct. 6. to the Cowpens on Broad river, where, fifty-five minutes longer the fire Chap. XVI.} 1780. Oct. on both sides was heavy and almost incessfor the frequent and barbarous use Chap. XVI.} 1780. Oct. of the gallows at Camden, Ninety-Six, andcations. Soldiers of the militia. Chap. XVI.} 1780. Oct. hung on his rear. Twenty wagons were cap of twenty-four miles with mounted Chap. XVI.} 1780. Nov. infantry, Wemyss reached Fishdam on Broad[10 more...]
August (search for this): chapter 17
wreaking vengeance nor suffering those around him to do so, scrupulously respecting private property, he had the love and confidence of all people in that part of the country. Tarleton's legion had laid it waste to inspire terror; and, in unrestrained freedom of motion, partisans gathered round Marion to redeem their land. A body of three hundred royalist militia and two hundred regular troops had established a post at Musgrove's Mills on the Enoree river. On the eighteenth Aug. 18. of August they were attacked by inferior numbers under Williams of Ninety-Six, and routed with sixty killed and more than that number wounded. Williams lost but eleven. Fanning's Narrative, 12. At dawn of the twentieth, a party, convoying a 20. hundred and fifty prisoners of the Maryland line, were crossing the great Savannah near Nelson's ferry on the Santee, on the route from Camden to Charleston, when Marion and his men sprang upon the guard, liberated the prisoners, and captured twenty-si
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ept out scouts on every side, scorning surprise; and on the second of October one of them brought him news 2. that rejoiced his heart, that one-half of the whole population beyond the mountains were drawing near. Following a path between King's Mountain and the main ridge of the Alleghanies, the western army, so they called themselves, under Campbell, already more than thirteen hundred strong, marched Chap. XVI.} 1780. Oct. 6. to the Cowpens on Broad river, where, on the evening of the sixth, they were joined by Williams with four hundred men. From Williams they learned nearly where Ferguson's party was encamped; and a council of the principal officers decided to go that very night to strike them by surprise. For this end they picked out nine hundred of their best horsemen; at eight o'clock on that same evening they began their march. Riding all night, with the moon two days past its first quarter, on the afternoon of the seventh they were at the foot of King's Mountain. 7.
October 11th, 1780 AD (search for this): chapter 17
d wronged, shelterless, stripped of all clothes but what they wore, nestling about fires kindled on the ground, and mourning for their fathers and husbands—executed nine or ten in retaliation for the frequent and barbarous use Chap. XVI.} 1780. Oct. of the gallows at Camden, Ninety-Six, and Augusta. At once Campbell intervened, and in general orders, by threatening the delinquents with certain and effectual punishment, secured protection to the prisoners. Campbell's General Orders, 11 Oct., 1780. Just below the forks of the Catawba the tidings of the defeat reached Tarleton; his party in all haste rejoined Cornwallis. The victory at King's Mountain, which in the spirit of the American soldiers was like the rising at Concord, in its effects like the successes at Bennington, changed the aspect of the war. The loyalists of North Carolina no longer dared rise. It fired the patriots of the two Carolinas with fresh zeal. It encouraged the fragments of the defeated and scattered
October 12th, 1780 AD (search for this): chapter 17
charged Campbell; and his riflemen, who had no bayonets, were obliged to give way for a short distance; but they were soon rallied by their gallant commander and some of his active officers, Colonel Isaac Shelby to Colonel Arthur Campbell, 12 Oct., 1780. and returned to the attack with additional ardor. The two centre columns, with no aid but from a part of Sevier's regiment, kept up a furious and bloody battle Colonel Isaac Shelby, in the National Intelligencer of 6 May, 1823. This l, 1780. with the British for ten minutes, About five minutes, Protocol of the officers; about ten minutes, Colonel W. Campbell to Colonel Arthur Campbell, 20 Oct., 1780; about fifteen minutes, Colonel Isaac Shelby to Colonel Arthur Campbell, 12 Oct., 1780. when the right and left wings of the Americans, advancing upon their flank and rear, the fire became general all around. For fifty-five minutes longer the fire Chap. XVI.} 1780. Oct. on both sides was heavy and almost incessant. The regu
October 20th, 1780 AD (search for this): chapter 17
he attack with additional ardor. The two centre columns, with no aid but from a part of Sevier's regiment, kept up a furious and bloody battle Colonel Isaac Shelby, in the National Intelligencer of 6 May, 1823. This later account, written in old age, and from memory, is not equal in authority to the statement and letters of Oct., 1780. with the British for ten minutes, About five minutes, Protocol of the officers; about ten minutes, Colonel W. Campbell to Colonel Arthur Campbell, 20 Oct., 1780; about fifteen minutes, Colonel Isaac Shelby to Colonel Arthur Campbell, 12 Oct., 1780. when the right and left wings of the Americans, advancing upon their flank and rear, the fire became general all around. For fifty-five minutes longer the fire Chap. XVI.} 1780. Oct. on both sides was heavy and almost incessant. The regulars with bayonets could only make a momentary impression. At last, the right wing gained the summit of the eminence, and the position of the British was no longe
August 18th (search for this): chapter 17
hed, never wreaking vengeance nor suffering those around him to do so, scrupulously respecting private property, he had the love and confidence of all people in that part of the country. Tarleton's legion had laid it waste to inspire terror; and, in unrestrained freedom of motion, partisans gathered round Marion to redeem their land. A body of three hundred royalist militia and two hundred regular troops had established a post at Musgrove's Mills on the Enoree river. On the eighteenth Aug. 18. of August they were attacked by inferior numbers under Williams of Ninety-Six, and routed with sixty killed and more than that number wounded. Williams lost but eleven. Fanning's Narrative, 12. At dawn of the twentieth, a party, convoying a 20. hundred and fifty prisoners of the Maryland line, were crossing the great Savannah near Nelson's ferry on the Santee, on the route from Camden to Charleston, when Marion and his men sprang upon the guard, liberated the prisoners, and captur
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