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

follows: "My friends in arms. my dear
boys: Irequest you to remember Sara
toga Monmouth, Peola, and Brandy
wine. and this day must play your
parts for your honor and libcrtys
cause. Then, turning to the great
sovereign of the universe, he thus
addressed Him: sOh, thou, great dis
poser of all events, the battle is not
to Tic strong, nor the race to the
swift Our domineering enemy now
being in sight, oh leave US not, nor
forsake u.s. This ncver-to-b c-forgot-
ten morn of January II. 1881, was
clear and extremely cold, so much SO
that the men could only keep their
hands warm by slapping them togeth-
er, while they awaited tile approach OF
the enemy.
TARLETON ORDERS - ADVANCE.
So we readily see that when Tarle-
ton reached the Cowpens. shortly
after sunrise. he found Morgan in
perfect readiness to receive him.
Finding Morgan drawn up in battle
array, Tarleton ordered his infantry to
divest 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 halloo. Major
Thomas Young declares that it was
the most beautiful line that he ever
saw. AS the British hallooed, 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 cheered the
men and told them not to fire until
they could see the whites Of their
eyes. Every officer was crying,
don fire. for, says Major Young.
cit was hard matter for US to keep
from it. As the redcoats streamed
along, column marched up before
the front line opposite Col. Brandon S
men, led by gaily-dresscd officer on
horseback. This fellow seemed to be
rather busy, and made himself obnox-
iously conspicuous in the eyes 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 rifle against a
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 a
rider wheeled from the front of the
advancing column.
JOHN SAVAGE FIRES TIE FIRST SHOT.
So you see that John Savage. of
Union District, fired the first gun in
the battle of Cowpens, and that shot
brought down a British officer. The
next moment it was pop, > pop,
pop aud then whole volley from
the front line of picked riAemen.
Their fire was unerring, and number
Of saddles were emptied, 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
dcrous 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
ton.
wAsuINGToN $ COUNTER. CHARGE.
That brave officer Immediately met
this bold dash by counter.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 we're taking place on
other parts of the field. When the
militia by their retreat uncovered
Howard line he poured a terrific fire
into the columns Of the advancing
enemy. This was vigorously re-
turned. and for fifteen or twenty min-
utes the ground was bitterly contested
Seeing that his advance was checked,
Tarleton ordered his reserves into
oction. tho infantry to take a position