The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-02-16

"Nat Aa1hAk1ctFu Nv in1ltltuxt UMfels
. and men. and whole corps; that rarely
have militia xithsteod the shock Of We
terzn regulars, supported by artillery.
! better than did those of Virginia. under
Stevens. and Lawson. and Campbell.
, and never did veterans in any Geld bet
, ter illustrate heroism and discipline thss
the Grst Maryland regiment under 81.
Gunby and Lieut.. Cd. Howard, and
the Delaware troops under capt. Kirk.
wood. And but for. the panic which
seized the two North Carolina brigatles.
under Gems. Batter and Eaton, who
had recently joined the army. and were
posted in the front line of the battle,
under the booming Of cannon, and an ap-
preaching charge Of the British under
Lieut.. Coi. Webster, and who broke
and lied with only desultory FIRE; and
the wayering and flight of the second
Mary land regiment, under Gol. Ford,
late IN the action, l;eneral Greene must
have achieved complete victory. Al
the commencement, his force numbered
more than two to one of the enemy,
and after the fight OF the militia Of
Eaton and Butler, they yet stood in the
proportion of 1900 to 1000. Well.
therefore, has il beer Observed BY Mar.
shall, that nc battle in the course of the
war reflects more honor on the British
troops than that Of Guilford. They,
however. were nearly al veterans.
i. Those of Greene contained about Eve
: hundred Of this class. Though retiring
. from the carnage Of the day northward.
across the Reedy Fork of Haw river
to the iron works. on Troublesome creek,
, he effected his retreat in good order and
Q safety TO his troops, leaving to his adj.
yersary "gory bed" and barren tri-
umph on the field Of battle. Ills loss,
. in killed and wounded, amounted in all
TO about four hundred; while that Of
!. Lord CORVALLIS, according to the Of,
: Zeal account, was FIVE hundred and
J. thirty two, including Lieut.. Gel. Web,
ster, the Ajax Of his army, a friend
: "whom he loved, and WIN leaned upon
{ his bosoEl.p lie was mortality wounded.
: and died some days subsequently,, in
: Bladen, on the march Of the AMY to
!, Wilmington. The Memoirs cf Lee
4 mention, that in sharp action al
:. Whitsell's mill, on Reedy fork, which
y occurred with nilliams's light .t-oops.
lI-a few lays before this Lattle, thirty,
d two rifle shots were deliberately fired
'e at Col. Webster, BY sons cS the best
d mountain rchemenunder & Camphcll who
j. were placed in a lcshouse, with instruc,
IN tions to lire only at special objects, .
lg while he led the British column across
~ the stream; but all without effect. Tn,
in termination Of his life WIS reserved fol
be probably chance shot ct Guilfold. A
n similar sneedote is related of Genera
Z. Frazer, Of Burgoyne's army. who mad,
.e like miraculous escape from tie fir,
ola selected body of fAnerican reHemen
4 with like deliberate aim, to receive hi,
y death wound in the engagement after
4 the battle Of Saltwater, in October
5, 1777.
4 The effect Of the battle at Gull.
Y. ford Court House, was decisive. 1,
h drove Lord Corvallis from North
e Carolina, and led to his ultimate sur.
IS render. Bestowing proper care ON the
2, wounded, with his haractcristic huma.
% nifty, he issued bulletin, in the form
>, OF proclamation, announcing the tri.
e umphant success ofhis Majesty's arms,
;. and promising forgiveness Of past of,
!, fences, again exhorted all loyal subjects
y to join him in re-establishiag law and
e order. Butwhen he surveyed his shat,
y tered columns and thipned and Grip.
it Piled ranks, which had sustained loss
e of near one>third, he discovered that
e /" the victor was himself overcome. =
e and the scene Immediately changed
d Thus far. his hearts desire had been .
d general action. To obtain it, he had
( strained nerve and sinew, and all the
3 resources of military ingenuity, strata.
J gem and skill; had marched and coun.
r ter-marched, full Gve hundred miles
5, through deep rivers and broken and
d ruinops roads. in heavy rains and in the
t depth Of winter; and had denied himself
5. and his army the usual comforts of the
Of camp, by the destruction Of his baggage,
Of to give greater celerity to his move,
ii ments; he had attained Il; he had driven
er his adversary from fairly fought field,
i'd and tasted the sweets Of victory, but
" found them like "Dead Sea fruits" The
is loyalists had not risen to join him, as he
to expected. and. notifying as must have
u been the fact. he discovered that the
IN salvation of army depended upon
rt immediate retreat
ne The indomitable Greene, on the other
n hand, refreshing and arraying his dis
of comiited forces at his first camp, after
it. leaving the field, advanced in, three
&c davs to renew the conflict, and ne&,ex.
of perienced the proud satisfaS -
ne seeing his late, ezultant eneis
,y before him to "a place q
Z. that he had del bgered s
of quest by his sufleEz
of iortitude oi hisV
" We shall not