The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-11-04
. q VI !. 81.

4 Cd his task, messenger fir Sum
ter arrived with tho unwelco,, saslir,
teiligenco thnt Rawdon had succcea
ed in passing )'in and was pushing
on rapidly5for NipetysSK. The crisi.
iihadl now come. Greene must eithe,
4 hazard m assault upon the fort err
his works werein complete readings:
r:skaa battle With iRawaon ,oy. retire
ovcr the Snluda and thus give conf
dencc and strength to the tories anf
royalist army. His fist determination
was to.meet tho relieving army unde,
Raw,lon, but every thing depending
on his not giving the enemy, at this
particular crisis Of affairs in tIcSouth,
| q victory. and seeing that lis force
was much hinferior to that of the Bri
tish, he rcsolvcdtto make an attempt
upon tho fort, and if not successful
in reaucipgit, to retire With Ills army
| towards North Carolina before Raw.
don came up. .ed
The s1Stllof June, 1881, was The
day chosen for this assault. But
made, ms it was. With the besie gers
works incomplete, though the men
fought with desperate courage, the
fort was. successfully defended, and
General Greene ordered his troops
to retro, after they had suffered the
loss Of one llundrel and eightv.fiyc
killed and wounded.
Nothing was now left bat retreat.
For some twenty-siS days the besieg-
ing army lsal been at work before
the fort, and in three days moro, all
their arrangements would have been
completed and the post fallen into
their hands. Twas therefore deeply
norttfyiipg and ,dispiriting to be
forced to retire, just AS. success was
about GROWING their efforts. Bat
fur seeing, prudent, and looking more
to fstnre results than presen! tri9.
5'plmp, 5'plmphs, .Gss:ssrne on The i 9th CONF
s5p,atassst fefiEa Eaapss. hr,is tsse
da, which river lie passed in safety,
aud moved forward with all possible
despatch for The Enorcc. Bcforesliis
rear guard left The scat!.. OF this river
tho vanTcf Lord Rawdon' 5 appeared
in pursuit. But the British com
Imanaer hcsitatcd to make an attack
upon Grcenc's cavalry, which was
under tho command OF Lee and Col
/ Washington, and wasaa brave, vel
Disciplined and superior troop, and Sc
rermitto,l them to pass the Enoree
unmoicsted. Whi!o Lord Raw,loc
pausc'i at this point, undetermined
which course to pursue, Genera
Greene moved on towards the Broad
| river, whore he halted and made lis
encampment.
Such was the aspect Of affairs al
the timc our story begins-a story
Of womans ,selfdevotion and hcroism
Near the place where Gen. Green,
had halted with his weary and dis
hearted troops, stood the unprctcnd
i ing residence of q country farmcr
/ in modcaato circumstances. Eli:
name was Gcigcr. lie was a tru,
friend Of the American cause, ant
but fori health, that rendered hin
unable to endure the fatigues of tht
camp, would have been under arm!
in defence of his country. III,
deopinterest feltin the cause of fliber
ty by Geigcr, made him ever on thc
alert for information touching thc
progress ofeaffairs in his State, ant
the freedom with which lie cxpresse,
his opinions created l,im hosts Of en-
emies among tho cYilmindcd toric
j with whom ho was surrounded. Gel
/ ger had an only daughter, eishtee,
years Of age, who was imbued wi,I
her fathers spirit.
'IfI were only q man!' she woul,
often say, when intelligence came 0
British or tory ontrages, or whc;
news was brought of some rcyers
1 to the American arms. sIfI wer
only a man, that could fight for N,
country r
GIN the third day Of Gen. Greene
encampment near the residence Q
Gelger, q ncighbor dropped in.
q sWhnt nows?' asked the farmer
Lord Rawdon has determined t
abandon the fort at Ninety.S Six
Are YOU certain
Yes, General Greene received tn
informations this morning. RawdoI
Ehas despatched intelligence to Col
Stuart to advance with his regimen
afrcm Charleston to Fridays Fcrr
on the ,Congaree, where ho will joi
| him Immediately. He leaves Crpge
at Ninety-SiS, who 10 to n}avc Va
fhsoon as possible, withahis bloody tor
|recruits and their property, apa tax
a route that will put the Edistob
twecn him and our forces. Movin
s.si down the southern bank Of this rive