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The Daily Dispatch: April 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], Egmont keg light-house struck by Lightning. (search)
ity, and due credit is generally given to the American officers when they deserve commendation. In particular, the conduct of Gen. Greene in accepting battle at Guilford, is spoken handsomest terms. He represents ing acted, in every respect, like a ma true military genius. He made all his calculations before he engaged. He duf victory, while his enemy suffered from victory all the evils of defeat. This is the sum of what Tarlton says about Greene's conduct in accepting the battle of Guilford. He is not so fair in describing the affair of the Cowpens, where he was himself defeated. Without attributing to Tarlton an impartiality which is hardly nt for the fairness with which he related the events of the Southern war. He had been a great favorite of Cornwallis. He dissuaded him from fighting the battle of Guilford, assuring him that victory would do him no good, and that defeat would utterly rain him; he dissuaded him from invading Vir ginia and strenuously insisted upon