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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.24 (search)
mpelled to retreat. The force was now divided, part having fallen back across the creek, and part having reached the pines east of the building. There was no chance to re-unite, and after waiting until dark, the men withdrew, some reaching Moravian Falls that night. These met the others at Squire Hubbard's the next morning. In retreating under the severe fire from the fort the men were compelled to leave the bodies of Linney and Brown. Wade's men afterwards buried them near the fort. Tho request Captain Cowan to raise a company and come to their assistance; also another courier was sent to Statesville to an encampment of Federal soldiers to inform them of the condition of things and to ask their assistance. Before reaching Moravian Falls they received a message from Wade, saying: Come on, I am looking for you; I can whip a thousand of you. It was dark when Holman's Ford was reached. Some one in the woods before the company ordered them to halt. The men thought that the ord