The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-28

iOilOHS. Wy lIIcHUS III arms. my ucdr
boys request you to remember Sara
toga. Monmouth, Peola, and Brandy
wine, and this day must play your
parts for your hcnor and libcrtys
cause. Then, turning to the great
sovereign of the universe, he thus
addressed Him: ''Oh. thou, great dis
poser of all events, the battle is not
to the strong, nor the race to the
swift Our dominccring enemy now
being in sight, oh leave US not, nor
fcrsakc u.s. This ncvcr-t to be forgot
ten morn Of January II. 1881, was
clear and extremely cold, 20 much SO
that the men could only keep their
hands warm by slapping them togeth
cr, while they awaited the approach of
the enemy.
TARLE1O< ORDERS An ADVANCE.
SO we readily see that when Tarlc
ton reached the Cowpcns. shortly
after sunrise. he found Morgan in
perfect readiness to receive him.
Finding Morgan drawn up in battle
array, Tarlcton ordered his infantry to
divcst themselves Of everything except
their arms and ammunition, and when
within four hundred yards of the
enemy he proceeded to form his lines
of battle. All things being in readi-
ness the British advanced in sort
of trot. uttering loud haloo. Major
Thomas Young declares that it was
the most beautiful line that he ever
saw. AS the British halloocd, Nor
gan was heard to say: "Boys, they
gave us the British halloo; boys give
them the Indian halloo, and gallop-
ing along the lines he cheercd the
men and told them not to fire until
they could see the whites Of their
eyes. Every officer was crying,
"Don't t fire. for, says Major Young,
sit was hard matter for us to keep
from it, AS the rcdcoats streamcd
along, column marched up before
the front line opposite Col Brandon's $
men, led by gaiy- dressed officer on
horseback This fellow seemed to be
rather busy, and made himself obnox-
iously conspicuous in the eye9 Of the
patriotic Americans. Word passed
along the line. "Who can bring him
down. John Savage looked Col.
Farr full in the face, and read yes
in his eyes. So Savage darted a few
PAGES in front, laid his rife against
sapling, blue gas streamed above his
head, sharp crack of rife broke the
solemn Stiffness Of the moment, and
the result was that horse without
rider wheeled from the front Of the
advancing column.
JOHN SAVAGE FIRES TIE FIRST SHOT.
So you see that John Savage of
Union District, fred the first gun in
the battle Of Cowpens, and that shot
brought down British officer. The
next moment it was pop "pop,"
pop aud then a whole volley from
the front line of picked rifemcn.
Their fire was unerring, and a number
of saddles were cmpticd. as they had
been ordered to mark the "epaulette
men, The British continued to
steadily advance. and the front line
fell back to the second line under
Pickcns. After delivering some MUIR
derous fires this line was forced back
and retreated towards Howard's flank,
as they had been ordered to do. But
before they could gain the cover Of
this line the British cavalry on the
right charged and drove them back to-
wards the position held by Washing
fton.
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That brave officer Immediately met
this bold dash by countcr.charge,
which scattered the British horse in
the widest confusion. Gen. Pickens
now promptly rallied and reformed his
men and passing around the ridge be-
hind which Washington had been pos
ted he reached the right flank of How
ards line just as the enemy were
about to turn it. While these things
were transpiring other grave and i'm
portant ones were taking place on
| other parts of the field. When the
militia by their retreat uncovered
Howard's line he poured terrific fire
, into the columns Of the advancing
, enemy. This was vigorously re-
turned, aud for fifteen or twenty min
r utes the ground was bitterly contested
, Seeing that his advance was checked,
Tarleton ordered his reserves into
. action; the infantry to take position
on his left while the cavalry was to
r charge the American right. His objct