Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-12-07

skull 0QhtH IN which ne ana his 6S6oC8bc8
we're engaged, that ii was known 10 the CONS
munity by the name Of Battletown. in these
Hphts Morgan always came out best rs
All this Is calculated to give Us al u,tar
vorsble opinion Of the hero Of. the CoHpens.
Wa,must takeiinto consideration the civiliza.
tion Of ,he times. One hundred years ago, q
frolic without q f;eht, was no frolic at Ill. We
must not conclude that d man who would fight
arys and every BODY il the community who
wanted to fight. had. no influence. Such was
not the case. Morgan possessed great inan.
ence in the neiehborhood Of Berryville, and
raised, soon afterth difficulties between the
Americans and British commenced, rife
.oompapyof nearone hundred men, which had
no equal in tie American army.
il Il NOT our purpose. however, to write q
biography Of General Morgan. III present The
manner in which he, arranged the forces NM
der his command for battle; lat the Cowpsns,
was, as military man Of no mean fame has
said, "masterly. ,s.i
/. A little incident, which is related by him-
self as having taken place on the, eve Of bat
tie, eiyes AN insight, into the moral character
Of Morgan. When he waa an old man,
broken down. with rheumatism, he would often
exclsim, when speaking Of the past !: 81 u I
people said old Morgan never was afraid
old Morgan never prayed. They were mis-.
taken. Il tremhled at Quebec, and I'M the
gloom of The morning, when approaching the
fort at Cape Diamond, Il knelt down ii the
snow and prayed. Before the battle of the
Cownana / went ont into The woods. and l,av-
inc ascended 4 tree. poured out nv soul in
nrayer to God. for protection p, The men of
those times we're often much better sat heart
thau .thsy appeared to he. They had ITs-ss
work to do, and BE who manages everything
had fitted them. for their work. q 4
One 81 the prominent actors ID the battle off
the Cowpens. was Colonel William Augustine
Washington. On that occasion, Col. Wash
ineton,5 was in. command Of the cavalry. These
were. less than eighty in. number and we're
nlaced in the rear, and composed the main
ruard. As We have already seen, at the mo-
ment the discerning ave Of Washington saw
tha Rritisi eavalry charging il, disorder upon
McfaIl's m;lifia Ia dashed IN mon them.
Th;s tooatha, 9th i we'll Al, ected FIRE nv the
militia IIi nndar Howard and .iakeus. struck
.a..sS .a.ons. $500. .ha troo,,s of TarlAtan They
can. nasncsd f. aea Il The = utmost CONFUSION.
Ta rleton lid svervth;na HI q mortal man conIds do
= -astSra nldsr hnt aii r. vain H;a ;nfantrv
thrsw i i ~ down az ithsir o,,ns and surrenderad. md
h;a i nssslru dat to tha tb,eats and aneo0r.
aaa,nsm.s an ~ q the;, o4 cars Asd ;n confuson n
a,sr. d;r.c.;on 4, Tha Sald vas clearad .of az.
srv ~ Rr;tton II = faw minntes ,Washinrton.
;Sr.netnnn.lv dasbad forward far q advance
- III nan Torlatnn w;tb faw ,;cers still
1;naered II .,es ~ tba n,argin 81 liz battle eid Al
hosfv ~ srty cayaI 81 renaiined with Tarleton
a. : ,,na,SI ii. .sTha rest rnmindfpl sTarleton
savs aof their dntv had laft their commend.
a. er nnnro. ~ setad ss A soon - Tarlaton saw
Z Wea5;n I ,ton slona n IL ordered h;s hody o,,ard
- = 1 whaaI sho,,t IN and cbarra upon he single
horsaman n q moment. washington was NJ
surrounded by British dragons. s a hand
g hand fight began. IA struggle for life en-
sued. One Of Tarleton,s aids aimed a blow
with his sword at Washington. At this i'm
portaut iuncture Of affairs, an American SER
eeant dashed forward into the conflict, and
about to strike his commander. at the same: