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September 25th (search for this): chapter 17
a messenger to William Campbell on the forks of Holston; and the field-officers of southwestern Virginia unanimously resolved that he, with four hundred men, should join in the expedition. An express was sent to Colonel Cleaveland of North Carolina; and all were to meet at Burk county court-house, on the waters of the Catawba. The three regiments from the west of the Alleghanies under Campbell, Shelby, and Sevier, and the North Carolina fugitives under Macdowell, assembled on the twenty-fifth of September at Watauga. On the next 25. day—each man mounted on his own horse, armed 26. with his own rifle, and carrying his own store of provisions—they began the ride over the mountains, where the passes through the Alleghanies are the highest. Not even a bridle-path led through the forest, nor was there a house for forty miles between the Watauga and the Catawba. The men left their families in secluded valleys, distant one from the other, exposed not only to parties of royalists, but
October (search for this): chapter 17
danger was assigned to the column formed by Campbell's regiment on the right Chap. XVI.} 1780. Oct. centre, and Shelby's regiment on the left centre; so that Sevier's right nearly adjoined Shelby's, 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 momensbands—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 oted his despatches, and cut off his communications. Soldiers of the militia. Chap. XVI.} 1780. Oct. hung on his rear. Twenty wagons were captured, laden with stores and the knapsacks of the light sixty militia, and took prisoners those who were under its escort. The Brit- Chap. XVI.} 1780. Oct. ish were burning houses on Little Pedee, and he permitted his men of that district to return to p
October 1st (search for this): chapter 17
own store of provisions—they began the ride over the mountains, where the passes through the Alleghanies are the highest. Not even a bridle-path led through the forest, nor was there a house for forty miles between the Watauga and the Catawba. The men left their families in secluded valleys, distant one from the other, exposed not only to parties of royalists, but of Indians. In the evening of the thirtieth, they 30. formed a junction with the regiment of Colonel Ben- Chap. XVI.} 1780. Oct. 1. jamin Cleaveland, consisting of three hundred and fifty men from the North Carolina counties of Wilkes and Surrey. The next day Macdowell was despatched to request Gates to send them a general officer; till he should arrive, Campbell was chosen to act as commandant. Ferguson, who had pursued the party of Macdowell to the foot of the Alleghanies, and had spread the terror of invasion beyond them, moved eastwardly towards Cornwallis by a road from Buffalo ford to King's Mountain, which of
October 2nd (search for this): chapter 17
siness. Something must be done soon. This is their last push in this quarter. On receiving this letter, Cornwallis ordered Tarleton to march with the light infantry, the British legion, and a three-pounder to his assistance. At that time Colonel James Williams was about seventy miles from Salisbury, in the forks of the Catawba, with nearly four hundred and fifty horsemen, in pursuit of Ferguson. Wise and vigilant, he kept 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 William
October 6th (search for this): chapter 17
and fifty horsemen, in pursuit of Ferguson. Wise and vigilant, he kept 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 after
November (search for this): chapter 17
as recalled in haste to repel new dangers impending from another quarter. Sumpter had rallied the patriots in the country above Camden, and in frequent skirmishes kept the field. Mounting his partisans, he intercepted British supplies of all sorts, and sent parties within fourteen miles of Winnsborough. Having ascertained the number and position of his troops, Cornwallis despatched a party under Major Wemyss against him. After a march of twenty-four miles with mounted Chap. XVI.} 1780. Nov. infantry, Wemyss reached Fishdam on Broad river, the camp of General Sumpter, and at the head of his corps charged the picket. The attack was repelled; he himself was wounded and taken prisoner. A memorandum was found upon him of houses burned by his command. He had hanged Adam Cusack, a Carolinian, who had neither given his parole nor accepted protection nor served in the patriot army; yet his captors would not harm a man who was their prisoner. The position of the British in the upper
November 5th (search for this): chapter 17
er retaliation, and wrote with truth: There is not one house burned by my orders or by any of my people. It is what I detest, to distress poor women and children. I most sincerely hope you will get at Mr. Marion, wrote Cornwallis on the fifth of November, as he de- Nov. 5. spatched Tarleton in pursuit of him. This officer and his corps set fire to all the houses, and destroyed all the corn from Camden down to Nelson's ferry; beat the widow of a general officer because she could not tell whNov. 5. spatched Tarleton in pursuit of him. This officer and his corps set fire to all the houses, and destroyed all the corn from Camden down to Nelson's ferry; beat the widow of a general officer because she could not tell where Marion was encamped, burned down her dwelling, laid waste everything about it, and did not leave her a change of raiment. The line of his march could be traced by groups of houseless women and children, once of ample fortune, sitting round fires in the open air. As for Marion, after having kept his movements secret, and varied his encampment every night, his numbers increased; then, selecting a strong post within the dark morass, he defied an attack. But just at that moment Tarleton was
November 20th (search for this): chapter 17
in the upper country became precarious. Sumpter passed the Broad river, formed a junction with Clark and Brennan, and threatened Ninety-Six. Tarleton was therefore suddenly recalled from the pursuit of Marion, and ordered to take the nearest path against Sumpter. One regiment was sent forward to join him on his march; another followed for his support. Apprised of Tarleton's approach, Sumpter posted himself strongly on the plantation of Blackstock. At five in the afternoon of the twentieth of November, Tarleton drew 20. near in advance of his light infantry; and with two hundred and fifty mounted men he made a precipitate attack on Sumpter's superior force. The hill-side in front of the Americans was steep; their rear was protected by the rapid river Tyger; their left was covered by a large barn of logs, between which the riflemen could fire with security. The sixty-third British regiment having lost its commanding officer, two lieutenants, and one-third of its privates, Tarlet
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 30th, 1780 AD (search for this): chapter 17
d captured twenty-six of the escort. Colonel Marion, wrote Cornwallis, so wrought on the minds of the people, that there was scarcely an inhabitant between the Pedee and the Santee that was not in arms against us. Some parties even crossed the Santee and carried terror to the gates of Charleston. Balfour, the commandant of Charleston, wrote home: In vain we expected loyalty and attachment from the inhabitants; they are the same stuff as compose all Americans. Balfour to Strachey, 30 Aug., 1780, in Strachey Papers, 79, 80. The British his- Chap. XVI.} 1780. torian of the war, who was then in South Carolina, relates that almost 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 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, Major Patrick Ferguson, the abl
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