Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-31

Campbell and Lee fell back TO the right,
fighting desperately as they went, and in
ficting severe losses upon Tarleton, who was
pursuing them. Reaching ridge they made
stand. Lord CORVALLIS was on tho right.
His horse was here shot under him, at q
point about 400 yards to the right and under
an immense persimnon tree, which yet
stands.
While the HesSian regiment of Bose and
the First battalion Of British guards were
thus fighting Campbell and Lee, the re-
mainder of the British troops, composed Of
the Yagers, Light infantry, Thirty third,
Twenty-third, Second battalion of gren-
adiers and Seventy-frst regiment, pressed to
attack the American second line This was
posted 500 yards east Of the first line, and
was ranged north and south 1t was COM
posed of Virginia militia, and its position
was in the woods This line fought well and
maintained its position until its left was
compelled TO retire before the terrible bayo-
net of the British regulars, but not before it
had killed and wounded many of the latter
and crippled and weakened their line This
second line OF Americans was commanded by
Gems. Stevens and lawson, of Virginia, and
numbered about 1900 men. Gen. Stevens
was severely wounded by a muskes ball
through the thigh WashinSton's cavalry,
Kirkwood's Delawares and Lynch's riRemea
were pressed back.
The third line OF the Americans was admir-
ably posted in field, across n ravinc, its
right resting on tho read passing east and
west 1t was about $50 yards east of the
second line. 1t was composed, on the left or
south end, of the First and Second Maryland
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the two, as a brigade, commanded by Col.
Otto r. Williams. Tho right or north end
Of the line was composed Of the Virginia
regiments, OF Coils. Greene and Hewes, the
two, as brigade, commanded by Gen. Huger
Eirkwood's Delawares were ON the flank,
and at the end were posted Singleton's two
guns. The Sager's, Light infantry and
Twenty-third British, which had beaten the
Virginia left, first advanced upon this third
line. Here the fighting was desperate, and in
the little field now restored to the same ap-
pearance) heroic deeds were done. 1t was the
hardest and bloodiest part of the battle. The
First Maryland was charged By Lieut. Col
Webster's brigade, composed of the Twenty
third Tor Welsh Fusileersl and the Thirty
third. 1t repulsed Webster with great
slaughter. The MaryIanders followed up
this repulse by desperate charge and put the
attacking brigade to flight. In the charge
Col Webster was mortally wounded He
was the most distinguished of all the officers
serving under Cornwallis. The attack upon
the Marylanders was then renewed, this time
by the Seventy first Scotch Highlanders, but
the latter suffered severe repulse, and OF
250 of its number who went into action
scarce 100 survived the slaughter, for at an
opportune moment Washington'S cavalry
charged them, and killed aud wounded many.
On the slope of tins old field, literally in a
corner of the battle ground, there fell, of Brit
ish and Americans, in thirty minutes, over 500
men. Capt. John Smith, in hand to hand
combat, killed Lieut.. Col. Stewart, of the
Guards, cleaving his head to the spine with
his heavy saber. Stewart was buried where
he fell
In this deadly corner of the field Gen
O'Hara was thrice shot; Tarleton was
wounded in the hand. Only CORVALLIS and
Gen. Leslie of the British general officers
were unwounded. CORVALLIS, as has been
stated, was in field to the right of the point
where the British attacked the first line. He
heard the heavy firing when the attack on
the third line was made and when Webster
was repulsed and beaten he made all haste TO
the spot where the Guards were suffering so
severely. Sergt. Lamb relates that he saw
CORVALLIS crossing clear ground, riding a
dragon horse, and that the troopers saddle
bags were underneath the animal, so that
Cornwallis could not control it, and it car