The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-28
BATTLE OF THE COWPENS
Graphic STORY OF !, Victory w on Is, \ cars
ago that Turned the Hide Of W;.
i>ym,tvnLDy frcc Lunr,

Majors Jack on ana Cunningham also
came up
Being in i section that had long
been ovcyruu by British and Tories
provisions were ,cry scarce Hence
it was ncccs-ar! for Morgan to send
out foraging detachment, at some dis :
/ tancc y body Of some two hundred
Tories whose headquarters were at
Hammond store on Little river, I'D :
yanccd as far a. Fair Forest creek to
cnbarrass these operations. Morgan
Immediately detached 200 mounted
militia and - cavalrymen. under
Coils. Washington and Mccall, to
drive these Loyalists from the coun
try. Nearing Of Washington's ap-
rroach the Tories fell back to liam
nond store.
wA>niN,iTrN ORDERED A CHARGE.
After marching some forty miles
Washington arrived at that point and
immediately ordered Il charge. 1t was
Il flight instead of IL conflict. and one
hundred and fifty I.oyalists were killed
and forty prisoners taken Col.
Washington now determined 70 ad-
vance still further into the enemy S
country and attack body Of Tories
on Mudlick creek, near Williams
plantation. commanded by Col Gun
ningham, but the Tories made their
escape to Ninety Six which wa near
by.
These bold movements on the part
Of the Americans made CORVALLIS
fear for Sthc safety Of the garrison at
Ninety Six. So on the 1st Of January,
l7Sl, CORVALLIS ordered Tarlcton, who
had already advanced as far as Bricr-
ley $ Ferry, on Broad river. to move
towards Nincty-Six. with special in
! -tructions that he ''push Morgan to
the utmost Tarcton ; corps CON
sisted of about 100 men. 800 Of which
belonged to his dreaded legion, which
had carried dcsolation into every part
of the State. In accordance with his
orders Tarleton moved towards the
west, but after proceeding twenty
miles he found that the order for the
light troops to move was an error, SO
he halted in order to make more COM
! plete arrangements. Here lie found
that Morgan was quite distance from
Ninety-Six, and that that post was
comparatively secure. so he proposed
to CORVALLIS that they make u joint
movement against Morgan. The plan
was for CORVALLIS to march up on the
east side Of Broad river, in the vicinity
of Kings Mountain, while Tarleton
was to move up to the westward and
head Morgan Off
when I ADVANCE said Tarlcton
IL his message 70 CORVALLIS, Il must
either destroy Morgans corps, or push
it before me over Broad river, towards
Kings Mountain To this Corn
wallis readily consented. Hence, on
June II, Tarlcton resumed his march,
moving in westerly direction in
order that he might find the most
practicable fords for the passage OF
the Enoree and Tiger rivers. These
streams were passed on the 18th,
above the Cherokee road, and on the
18th he reached the valley of the
Pacolet.
When Col. Washington was return,
ing from Hammond's store to Grindal
Shoals he passed near where Gen
Pickens was encampcd in the Plumber
settlement, between Fair Forest anG
Tiger river. Major Joseph McJunkir
obtained leave to stop at this camp
for awhile. Just at this time Gen
Pickens heard Of Tarletons advance
upon Morgan. No time was to be lost
Feeling that it was unsafe to send {
written message Gen. Pickens chose
Major Joseph McJunkin to bear the
information verbally. In company
with James Park, Major McJunkir
set out about dusk for Gen. Morgan
camp. 1t was perilous journey; th,
night was intensely dark and tn,
streams very high, because Of exces
sive rainfall. After swimming Fai
Forest, Mill creek and Pacolet, h
reached the northern bank Of tha
stream. where he was hailed by th'
sentinel and kept in the edge Of tn
river until the corporal Of the guart
could come when he was conducted t
Gen. Morgan S tent. Here Maj. Nc
Junkin Informed him that Benny Tar
Teton was coming to give him blast
that he had promised Lords Rawdol
and CORVALLIS. ON leaving Winnsboro
that he would have the old Wagner
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