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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 23: (search)
Chapter 23: The southern campaign. Battle of Guilford court-house. January—March, 1781. Morgan's success lighted the fire of emulation in Chap. XXIII.} 1781. Jan. 18. the breast of Greene, and he was loath it should stand alone. The defeat at the Cowpens took Cornwallis by surprise. It is impossible, so he wrote on the eighteenth of January, to his superior, Sir Henry Clinton, to foresee all the consequences that this unexpected and extraordinary event may produce. But nothingeighteenth of January, to his superior, Sir Henry Clinton, to foresee all the consequences that this unexpected and extraordinary event may produce. But nothing but the most absolute necessity shall induce me to give up the important object of the winter's campaign. Defensive measures would be certain ruin to the affairs of Britain in the southern colonies. Instead of remaining in South Carolina, as he should have done, he without orders and on his own responsibility persisted in his original plan of striking at the heart of North Carolina, establishing there a royal government, and pressing forward to a junction with the British troops on the Chesa