Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-11-30

into North Carolina, but not by the way Of
Charlotte. Itwas his intention TO pasb up
Broad river, and thus flank the Scotch Irish
of the Hornets Nest" region. This move be
designed making 30 SOON as he was joined by
General Leslie and his forces. 49,. t'2' s'''
On the thirteenth of December, General
Leslie landed vt Charleston. Here he found
orders directing him to join CORVALLIS, with
all possible speed, with one thousand five:hun.
ared and thirty men. CORVALLIS needed the
whole ofthe forces under the command of
General Leslie but in order to protect
Charleston, it was necessary to leave one.half
at that point. This shows what turn things
had taken 'after the battle Of Kings Noun
tain. The British felt that they we're not safe
behind their own Qualifications. Several days
we're spent ID procuring transportation wagons
and horses. ::p@.' g..
On the nineteenth! of December, General
Leslie set out to join CORVALLIS by way of
Camden As early as the first Of November,
CORVALLIS had begun to make preparation for
his advance into North Carolina. Emissaries
had been sent into various portions of the
country to stir up the loyalisss and ascertain
the feeling Of the inhabitants. The British
were not easy. They could not feel that they
were altogether safe. The aemissaries could
learn nothing, Of any importance favorable
to the British, and, besides the country
abounded with floating rumors of the hostile
movements of the Americans. A report was
brought to CORVALLIS that the "mountain
men" we're collecting, With the Intention of
making an attack upon Ninety.siz. The
horrors of Kings Mountain presented them
.selvesato Earl CORVALLIS, and Ito prevent
Ninety Six from experiencing similar fate
with Ferguson and his men, Tarleton was sent
out to look after these mountain men"
The rumor hadno foundation but in the fears
of those who first reported it and those who
afterwards circulated it. l,,o :-.@-'h
. Finding that the report of the advance of
the @mountain men" had no foundation in
fact, Tarleton, q short time after the battle of
Biackstocks, moved down and camped on the
east side of Broad river, at what was then
Brierly's ferry. At Winnsboro, CORVALLIS
was making all preparations for the contem-
plated move into North Carolina. The coun.
try was secured in search of horses to mount
his soldiers and draw his baggage wagons.
The sick, who had ~hsen quarteradi in private
families in the neighborhood, we're brought
into camp, and the arms and ammunition
got in readiness for a campaign. t..
Whilst the British General was thus &C.
lively engaged in preparing for the reduction
of the country, the American officers we're
not idle. General Gates had collected the
fragments of his army at Hillsborough. North
Caroline. Il Here the troops had been reor-
ganised. The Maryland and Delaware lines
we're consolidated and put under the COM
maud of Otho Holland Williams. The re-
mains of'those regiments, formerly command
ed by Baylor; Bland4and Moylan, together
with some recruits, wers embodied into one
regiment, and put under the command of
Lieutenant-C Colonel William Washington.
About the same time, Daniel Morgan was
made Brigadier- General and assigned to the
Southern army. Recruits from Virginia
Joined Gates about the same time. A divi-
sion of North Carolina militia under Sumner
and Davidson, as we'll as volunteer corps
under Davie, had taken the field. :
After the unfortunate battle of Camden,
Congress, either having lost confidence in
General Gates OF: having grown wise enough
to correct former error, determined to sup
ply his place with more efficient man. The
honor of making the selection was awarded
to the commsnder.in-chief General Wash
ington selected for this important field, Ma
thaniel Greene, at that time quartermaster.
general. General Greene was assigned to the
command of the Southern army on the thir
tieth of October, 1850. He resigned the Of
6cs Of quartermaster-general and set out at
for theSouth. General Gates had moved
his headquarters from Hillsborough to Char
lotte. General Greene arrived at Charlotte
on the,second of December, and on the next
day formally took command of the Southern
forces. 1t was only the framework of an
army consisting, ss it did, Of only four thous-
and FIVE hundred troops, large number of
which were undisciplined militia. After hav-
ing made the necessary arrangements for sup
plies, General Greene divided bis army into
two detachments. One was to take post on
the right of CORVALLIS, and the other on the
left-the detachment on the right to be COM
manded by Greene himself, and to be sta
toned in Chesterfield county, on Hicks
creek. This post was about seventy miles
from Winnsboro, the headquarters of Corn
wallis The detachment on the left, to be
commanded by General Morgan, was to be
stationed in Spartanburg county, between the
Pacolet and Broad rivers. --.. -
1t would seem that neither the Americans
nor the British had any correct idea of each
others Intentions. Gen. Greene probably did
not know that Leslie had left Portsmouth /;
nor did CORVALLIS know that Greene had
been assigned to the command of the South
ern army 1t would only be conjecture to
say why Gen. Greene divided his army into
two detachments. One week after Gen. Les
lie landed at Charleston, Greene set out for
Cheraw, and Morgan for the region between
the Pacolet and Broad rivers. - '
r Cen Moroan and Colonel Washington