Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-21

means 1t was found out as soon as the
British left, the part Deck had acted
He and Forney had been on intimate
terms, but Forney determined that he
should be treated only as an enemy In
the future. A messenger was sent by
Forney to tell him that II he did not
leave the country Immediately he
would shoot him on first sight. Deck
knew that Forney meant all that he
said. Still for some reason he did
not see fit to leave the neighborhood al
once. 1t was ascertained that he was
concealing himself in the woods. For
ney armed himself and went in pursuit
Of his treacherous neighbor. One day
he found him lying down fast asleep
He raised his gun and was about to
fire. The thought occurred to him
that he ought to awake him before
killing him. This he accordingly did.
So soon as Deck was aroused from his
slumbers and perceived his perilous
condition, he began to beg in the most
suppliant manner, that his life might
he spared, promising at the same time
that he would II spared, leave the coun-
try at once. Forney although greatly
incensed on account Of the wrongs
which he had been caused to suffer by
Deck. spared his life and he left. new
er more to be heard of in the commu-
atty. Jacob Forney lived to see hir
country free, and died, loved and res
pected, in 1906, at the advanced age of
eighty-fiv
Immediately after the victory at the
Cowpens, General Morgan sent cou-
rier to General Greene, then encamped
on Hicks creek, in the present county
of Chesterfield, South Carolina On
the 2Sth of January, Greene accom-
panied by one aid and two or three
cavalrymen, set out to join Morgan.
The army was left in command of
General Huger Of South Carolina and
Colonel o. H. Williams Of Maryland.
On the way he learned that CORVALLIS
was in hot pursuit of Morgan. He at
once dispatched to Huger and Williams
to break UP their camp and march with
all possible speed to join Morgan at
Charlotte or Salisbury. On the 31st
Of January, Greene reached Sherrard's s
ford on the Catawba. The distance be-
tween Hicks creek and Sherrard's s
ford is about one hundred and fifty
miles. So soon as Greene arrived at
the headquarters of Morgan, the two
officers held a conference respecting
the future movements Of the army.
What Morgan's plans were we are un-
able to say certainly, but they were
different from those proposed and put
into execution by Gen. Greene. The
result was, Morgan submitted under
protest, that in no way would he be
accountable for the final results Of the
plan proposed by his superior. To this
Greene replied that he and not Morgan
was accountable for whatever might
be the consequences of the future
movements of the army. 1t is very
probable that Morgan never forgot
this disagreement which took place
between him and Greene. A short time
before the battle Of Guilford he left
the army and never again rejoined It.
Green on the contrary continued to cher
lsh during life the highest regard for
Morgan, both as man and an officer.
The probability is that Morgan pro-
posed to file to the left and lead his
troops to the mountain region Of North
Carolina. Greene on the contrary was
anxious to unite his forces so that they
could not be attacked and cut off in
detachments. Another object he had
in view was to protect Speedwell's iron
works, on Troublesome creek, North
Carolina. After the destruction of
Hills works on Allison creek in York
county, South Carolina, no other works
Of the kind Of any consequence, re-
manned in the south.
If we are correct in this supposition,
the superior generalship of Greene
over that Of Morgan is manifest. In
no other way than that chosen by
Greene could the American forces have
been made effective. Had Morgan at
tempted to retreat beyond the noun
tains, the probability is that he would
have lost all the prisoners he had cap
tured at the Cowpens. This in itself
would have been bad; but the depress-
ing effect which such an event would
have had upon the minds Of the Wings
both in North and South Carolina,
would have been a great deal worse.
With great promptness, Greene made
arrangements for the future move
ments Of the army. Word was sent to
Huger and Williams to lead the forces
under their command to Guilford, and
not to Salisbury or Charlotte as they
had been previously instructed. The
prisoners had been put in charge OF
General Stevens to be conducted to
Charlottesville, Virginia. Here again
we have an example Of the military
power of General Greene. The time
of the Virginia militia, which Stevens
commanded, would soon expire. This
made it eminently wise to select them
as guard to conduct the prisoners tC
point at which they would be out OF
the reach of CORVALLIS. The main
body Of the army under Morgan was
ordered to advance in the direction OF
Guilford. The North Carolina militia
under the command of General Da-
wilson were stationed at the fords or
the river to impede the progress Of the
British in crossing. This done, Gen
eral Greene set out for Salisbury. Had
this noble chieftain never done any.
thing else, the planning Of this re-
treat, in so short a time, would have
placed him in the rank of the creates
military heroes of his day. 1t show:
this his mind acted promptly ant
clearly.
Whilst the American general wa:
devising plans by which he might unite
his forces and protect his country, th'
British general was equally busy IL
devising schemes by which he nigh
advance the interest of his royal mas
ter The rains had ceased and the Ca
tawba which separated the two armies
was falling as rapidly as it had riser
a few days before. On the evening o
tho 10 dow January the very da,