The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-06-27
tories from the ncighborhood, command.
60 by Col: King: ,Itwillbe seen that in

90 Soon aiter tho capture of Fort
Granby as Lleutenant-C Colonel Caring.
ton he'd completed his arrangements fe,
transporting the baggage Of the Ameri,
can army, and the stores which had beer
secured at the several forts recently cap
tured, Gen. Greene broke up his camr
at Fridays Ferry on the Conguree, ant
set out, by the most direct route, for
Ninety Six. The distance between Fri
days Ferry and Ninety Six is abou,
sixty miles.
On the. 22nd Of May-tbe day aftsl
the surrender of Fort Gaiphin-Genera
Greene arrived IN the immediate vicinity
Of the only remaining British DOS, il
South Carolina, in t6e interior of Tho
State. BY the prudence, skill and in
domitable courage of the subaltern off.
Gers and troops belonging to General
Greene's army, the British stroDgholds
and provision depots had melted away
like morning clouds. Ninety Six would
have been abandoned had not all com.
nunication between it and the ollie,
British posts been 80 completely cut of
by the Americans.
Gen. Greene could not but feel in.
tensely anxious with regard 10 the sue.
cess of his undertaking. His'indiyidual
! auccesses heretofore in the South hah
, consisted rather in battling the under.
| takings and disconcerting the plans OF
the enemy than in positive victories. AS
yet no British officer lu,d been forced to
| surrender to him in person. At Gull.
ford Court House and Hobkirk's Hill his
victory consisted in depriving his enemy
of grand triumph. 1t must be con.
fesSed that from the moment of his arri.
val ct Ninety Six Gen. Greene was not
very sanguine Of success He found the
place in o good condition both to resist
an assault and TO stand siege. Col,
Cruger had not been idle. Aided by
Lieut.. Haldane, q skillful engineer be-
longing to the corps attached to Corn.
wallis command, he continued. day and
night, ID. strengthen his works. Gen.
Greene determined to undertake the
reduction of this post by regular siege.
thousand Continental soldiera and a
varying number of undrilled militia.
These latter troops, il some kinds oi
warfare, did wonders; but in q regular
siege or pitched battle they were net
of much avail. These troops were Sta
toned in four camps, about half mile
distant from four sides Of the enemy's
works. Such was the position of The
American encamptnents that the enemy,
as yell as the spring from which they
recaivad epnplies OF water. we're entirely
enclosed. -.
Thaddeun Kosciusko, the celebrated
Polander, was with Gen. Greene as CHIEF
of his cngineers. On the evening OF the
I'D OF May, ground was broken short
distance north Of the star redo:;5t. Col,
CTuger was not slow in discovering the
designs Of the American generals. With
promptness and energy which showed
that he was superior officer, he began
to make preparatiCDe to repel the ap.
proach or the Ame ,cs,,s. lie possezsed
but three Pieces.c.r cannon. These he
mounted on wheels and placed upon q
platform constructed for the purpose
His paFapetswere manned with infantry
whose accuracy with their deadly ride
eslaom missed the objecs of their aim
Under cover of ths artillery and rlfiemen,
i'a sailying party, under Lieut.. sRoney,
supported by Major Green, rushed ont
of the enemy's bitches upon the be-
siegers. In q moment the guards were
either bayonetted or driven away the
lately begun works of the Americans
were destroyed, and their entrenching
tools carried of. The gallant Roney
was mortally wounded. This was ali
the loss the enemy sustained. So yigor-
GUS and SO promptly did the aallying
party act that, although Gen. Greene sent
q reinforcement to Bucc6r KoSciusko,
the work was complete before the de.
tachment arrived. Under the direction
of Kosciusko ground was again broken
on the night of the 23d. This time the
besiegers commenced operations at q
point more distant and under cover of o
ravine. sf
q grave mistake seems to have been
made at the very outset. The garrison
were supplied with water hy the spring.
This was guarded by q stockade fort and
the fortified jail. It would seem that tho
irst efSrt should have been to deprive
the garrison of the use Of the: spring.
Instead of this being attempted. the
approaches, by parallels, were begun
on the opposite side of. the enemy's
works, thus leaving them in undisturbed
possession of the spring and rivule..
The pick-axe nnd spade wer, piied day
after day by the A:.e.icans, but the
work advanced slowly. The brave Kos!
ciusko was censured on account 'of his
slowneag, and Gen. Greene was blamed
iioF submitting 70 hi5 engineer 60 sRtiFe-
On the forenoon of the 9th of June,
Col. Loe, with his legion, arrived at
Ninety Six; aud Gen. Pickens followed
IN few days. Zee aud Pickens were
directed TO operate against the stockade
fort, which, In part, guarded the spring.
Lee pushed forward the work assigned
him with great dispatch. On the second
day after his arrival he had completed
his ditch TO, the, point designed for the
erection of o battery. On the ssine day
the battery was erected, six pounder
placsd in position, ard Lieut.. Finn pat
In command of it.
CFuger was now pushed both on the
.:s.a @ I'D lels z. ,ise=s ss eest .tat l.sa
situation was p6filous. His only hope
was in receiping succor from Rawdon.
With this officer hS was, however, wholly
unable to communicates. When Koss
ciusko had completed his second paral-
Iels, Gen. Greene directed Col. Otho
Holland Williams, adjutant general Ito
summon COl.s CtugeF to surrender. Cru.
ger replied verbally, throrgh his adju-
tant, that he was determined to hold
the place to the last extremity, and that
he held in perfect disregard bot, the
threat ::.. premises :s 9: &c e!;
general.
Et this state of the siege sallying par
pes we're sent out by the enemy to thwart
the progress OF the American works.
The conflicts with these sallying parties
were fserce and bloody. Is sFas no child'a
play pss:s :ssss. :sse., rendered desperate
BY thcir surroundings, were met by brave
men in whose bosons the fires OF hatred
had been covered fcg years. III no in