The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-16


( far TO make them suIe. SO whcn me
/ bptoh banners again point nOithNai"
! IL viii Nc TO encounter 'Ur second Iiih'ifH'
/ character, the Marquis &C Lttalctlt' an
/ ditdgCuism Inherited from 1tccy anu
/ foiucTs Is 10 md q new Illustration ON
/ the soil OF Virginia. ana ffehchl"1" -
/ 60 Prove chief instrument ~ 4'7'"i'D
/ free people iron. the grasp OF Ehbianu'
Lafayette came 10 America because OF
/ the Tact iNat in lnb. WafN %! Ga "'i-'-
] teen, being then stationed ~ MttD, u'l
/ INK one Gay ig company Win 'N' Dg"N 'N
/ Iiouccattr hrciltr GA ptolh' az" 10y,
I heard that indignant biiton zen on ,n1
/ wrath OF the W other country "t'li-l "'.
/ TtbelliOus children Boo tAc west ana OF
l the corrective measure snf iNoI"N'H ~
I use. TO his mind. ass ne at'ls' '"e
] position OF the colonies tttinfA t+' I','
] stand of liberty. ana 90 hia cniFaliou7
soul DO seemed "a glorious INNS TO come
+ 10 the rescue. with this high purpose ne
/ crossed the sea-. Ihi. lu the spilhB OF
/ Ia Washington received nm as
I brother la native IOhiCntsS ana bIOlLcI
i'm arms he served at his night mana
/ until this. our year OF ISL ana Was then
I ordered 20 Nirsinia because Oh Ahoil b
! capture of Richmond m January, ana the
D SUBSEQUENT Arnold and iAllupS iufdfloh.
/ lie brought with him from the amy, then
/ stationed on the Hudson, a choice corps
/ OF lAU Coutiuentals.
There was "a day when Washington, at
/ Boston. found fight loo progress between
+ some members OF "a corps OF 500 Virginia
Shirt Men, Just arrived and the Marble
head sailor regiment Whc Knocked them.
calling them "Frocks Coilariug two OF
the Nirgiuians ne broke their hold on
the sailors with 81 quick jerk TO and fro,
and tumhliug their antagonists over, or
I dcred them an back 90 camp. with an
exclamation more characteristic CT the
times than the man.
The men who came with Lafayette were
good soldiers. and. once in Virginia. they
bore themselves so well that the Mar
Quis spoke of them AS my dear heht
infantry when he revisited yorktown III
f 1926. When ordered TO the South, how
ever. their bearing was not commendSble
They were from New England. southern
. SUNS are hot and the South was Tar away.
/ Dressed in heavy winter clothing they
were too warm without. Though they
I were fighting men, they were too cold
/ within They had forgotten Morgan s.
/ bee Line fOi Boston and in Baltimore
/ there was almost "a mutiny.
/ u WAS suppressed with VigOr ana dlscre-
I lion. and after that they set out and made
4 "a forced march tO Virginia, being en- their
/ road. as ~ happened. Just al lne Time
/ That CORVALLIS marched from Whining
foA with like destination They arrived
in Richmond on the night OF the nth q
April. and so saved the town from sec
ond capture. for Phillips next morning az -
reared iu Manchester and there worked
his Will burning and destroying Laiay-
cites troops and Richmond looking on.
lie dared nCt-in truth, neither party
could cross the river There was no
bridge until llsN.
he FOUND PHILLIPS, BUT DEAD.
CORVALLIS had already been four days
ON his road. for. being finally convinced
that Virginia once reduced. the more
southern provinces Will quickly fan he
left them to RaNdou ana Greene. and on
,.p zetn of April set Cut from Wilmington.
marching directly north almost on the
line OF the present railroad. Ia doing so
ihD luvadD crossed tine KOanOk, az Hall
fax. in North Carolina. seven miles below
tnc great fnlls and entered Virginia on
the line of Brunswick county. Iarleton
Do dc iu advance 90 dlspersc the militia
and OVcraWe the Inhabitants. Some OF his
men Were guilty of gross Outragcs upon
| them. CORVALLIS rode I'm person % order
their arrest and execution. The march
cost nearly month. but on the 10Th OF
May hc arrived Zoo Petersburg. where De
had ordered Phillips 10 await him, and
whore he found that officer dead.
Meantime Lafayette. auXiOusly watch
ing the British in that city. bad news OF
The more threatening invasion. \ letter
from Colonel John Banister of that day
shows that when TarletOu was in Hall
fax the fact was known i'm Petersburg.
Intelligence of CORVALLIS march prompt
sent orders TO the Marquis TO take com
maud Of the state. 10 halt the Pennsyl-
YaniJ line then under orders 10 him. and
retain all Virginia drafts.
CORVALLIS reinforced from New York
! stations force in Portsmouth 10 secure
bis base and sull has 3 500 regular infan-
| try with what LAFAYETTE calls IAN inn
mfnse and excellent body of horse. Do
Their cavalry varied from 500 TO ] 200 men.
well mounted thanks 10 the excellent
horses found on the Virginia plantations
CORVALLIS left Petersburg and proceed
cd Go cross James river az WayCOX's $. "a
place belonging 20 David Meade. an uncle
of the Bishop. that dread cavalry swim
ming the horses for the two miles behind
the boats. which had been sent mp from
CITY Point
Lafayette at once evacuated Richmond
and marched for "thc heights of the couu-
Try, keeping luncr If twenty miles
between himself and the enemy, who fol-
lowed hard after him.
The busy retreat and swift pursuit con-
unued until Lafayette. alarmed lest he
rapid march. passed the Wilderness Ely
and Raccoon f0rds. ana placed himself
bon Culpeper county. some twelve miles
from The latter point, in "a position where
the reihiorcements could not fail TO reach
him.
MADE SOME CAPTURES.
Ihereupon CORVALLIS gave ever. stop
ping az the North Anna. near 10 the
present Hanover Junction. Deciding that
Hunters Iron Works. at Fredericksburg.
We're less important. Doc turned 10 destroy
"the stores on the other side of the coun-
try. First ne threw into the river some
/ French guns. abandoned az Hanover
Courthouse in afaVtttc's forced march 10
Richmond Tarleton and Simcoe were she
agents of his work Of destruction. The
former was sent 20 Charlottesville i'm part
10 disturb the Assembly. then sitting
there. He hoped 10 meet the Tories Of
whom he had heard SO much. but hc found
they had no existence in that portion of
the state. Tie did destroy valuable stores.
and ne made some captures TWO broth
crs Of General Nelson were taken at Mr.
John Walkers. in Albemarle and q Mr..
Francis kinlOck. member # Congress
from South Carolina. captured by mis-
cotsin. Captain kinlOch. OF Tarleton s.
force
seven tardy legislators were taken I'm
the town. Mr. jefferson wisely escaped
20 the mountain lust as Captain Mcleod
ana his party eMlOped mp the winding
read that leads 10 Monticello. Mr. Speak
en- with other SOlOnS. Ciued with the
Governor that day. Time was taken 20
convene the Assembly and on concurrent
resolution adjourn 10 10 Staunton-the
shortest session recorded I'm the Journal
ana the most unanimous
Simcoc had been sent 20 the Point Of
Fork. and was equally successful Bsran
Steubcn. who was guarding the State
arsenal there. retroatng towards North
Carolina. between the eth and Htb of
june they both reioined Ccrnwallis al
Fix Hill Mr.. Jenerson's estate on the
James.
This same day. the eth Wayne riding
in advance, ana on the 10th his command.
the ienns lvania brigade. entered Lafa-
yettes camp and ne at once took the
field Crossing the North Anna at Brock 5
bridge. twelve miles east of the present
GOrdOnsNillc, and passing ever 10 the
Three Notch read by a disIsct route. still
called the Marquis road" as the Louisa
people tell me. he placed himself i'm
strOrg position behind Mechunk creek. be-
tween Elk ilill and Charlottesville. The
house assigned him by tradition as head
quarters Is still pointed out.