New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-11-25

1r,;,r D;.,riet info North Carolina: and the reg-
r,e,,s of Colonies Thomas and RoeDuck on the
~, They were ordered TO stand the FIRE OF the
an.n,v as long as possible, and then retreat and
s.- gaip on the right and left OF the continental
troops. :,
| .;obr and marched within one or two hundred
Yards of the American lines, and then displayed
| to the right and left with corps OF cavalry on
each wing. General Pickens ordered the militia
IT to FIRE until the enemy came within thirty PAGES
of ,hep. They were also permitted to shelter
themselves behind trees, which was az least pru-
dent if not scientific, mode of fighting. AT the
celebration of the anniversary Of this battle In
1885, the writer of these sketches was shown, by
several of the old soldiers, the identical trees from
behind which they fred during the engagement
The British, when formed, rushed forward with a
shout and huzza, as if in anticipation of an easy
victory. The horse Of Colonel Brondon was shot
down under him, and his regiment edlately
fred on the enemy in violation Of their orders TO
wal, until he had approached within thirty PAGES.
The regiments of Coonels Thomas and Roebuck
soon commenced also brisk and destructive hre.
The enemy now made charge with fixed oayo-
nets, and the militia gave way The brunt OF the
battle was now bravely borne by the regular
troops willis, the militia rallied in the rear and
renewed the engagement. Three hundred of the
British were killed and wounded. and FIVE hundred
we're taken prisoners. The remnant of Iarleton's
cavalry was pursued by Colonel Washington fifteen
or twenty miles to Goudelock's, where he was iu-
formed the British were out of his reach. This.
however, was e false statement, made by Mrs.
Goudelock in order to save the life OF her hus-
band whom Tarleton had just pressed into his
service to pilot him across the Pacolet. This
good lady supposed that if Colonel Washington
overlook the British, an engagement would neces-
sarily ensue, and her husband might be killed in
the action. She therefore suffered the feelings OF
i wife to prevail over those of patriotism and mo-
rality For the fact was that Tareton had just
got out of sight as Washington rode up. Had the
American cavalry continued their pursuit fifteen
minutes longer, the remnant OF the British troops
would have been either captured or killed.
The next day after the battle portion Of the
militia was despatched to bury the dead. Three
faces of burying are now to be distinctly seen
the largest is near the chimney of cabin some
hundred yards above the battle ground. The
second is fifty or one Hundred yards distant, and
he third on the spot where the battle took place
One of the soldiers who assisted at the burying
,bserved at the celebration before alluded to, that
the dead were found in straight lines across the
,attle ground and that it gave them most singu-
ar appearance when seen at distance. The
,ny vestiges of the battle, now to be seen the
frees which have been cut for bullets. Some Of
4hese chops are twenty or thirty feet high--ap
evidence of lad shooting by or the other Of
the parties. great many of the bullets are yet
70 BIZ found in the trees. The writer saw several
which were pewter, and had no doubt been mould
I'd from spoon or plate. Lead being scarce,
some good Wing had made the best substitute in
MS power, at the expense Of his table, and the
convenience of his family. At the tine the battle
was fought, there underground on the
ground, and object, might be seen q, a great dis
lance through the woods; but since that time
bushes and saplings have sprung up and destroyed,
in grea, measure. the beauty of the forest.