The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07

I UP tne mn. II was glorious Dut foOllSh.
! The riflemeu picked them off until the
| horsemen turned and fled down hill
! again. Surprised at the result. Tarle-
! ton now assembled his whole force and
| with his cavalry leading made a furious
i charge upon Sumter's left flank. where
the hill offered little obstacle to horse
] or man. Here the fight was stubborn
| for short time, but 1t was impossible
for Tarleton to make any progress.
| The fire from the log barn was muir
derous. At last his men gave way and
| then he and what remained of the 400
| fled. He left ninety dead and one hun
| dred and ten wounded on the field.
Sumter had only three killed and five
! wounded. Among the wounded was
| Sumter. who received a bullet wound
| in the breast. This laid him up for
! three months
| 1t was not until February, 1881, that
| he again was in the field. Then he
began 10 give to Lord Rawdon some
of the same treatment he had given to
CORVALLIS Cutting communications.
skirInishing with the enemy SO as to
keep them In constant alarm and cap
turing supply trains suited him for a
short time and then he suddenly turn
ed his attention in another direction.
Appearing suddenly before Fort Gran
by he besieEed that post. but finding
1t more Of q job than he had expected
he abandoned the siege temporarily and
rushing upon OranEeburg forced the
troops at that post to surrender. Then
he returned to Fort CRANKY and was
chag rined to find that in his absence
| Light Horse Harry Lee had besieged
! the fort and had allowed the garrison
! to surrender on terms that Sumter con-
| sidered too generous. AS he outranked
Lee and had begun the Job Of reduc-
| ing Fort CRANKY the Gamecock looked
upon Lees conduct as unwarranted.
Let. made all reasonable apologies, but
or more. Then he had the satisfaction
of defeating Major Fraser on the Broad
River rs handsomely as he had smash
| ed Tarleton on the Tiger.
Inst of the Generals.
( The British power in the South was
| crumbling now. To add to the discom-
! torture Of the enemy Sumter was sent
| by Gen. Greene on flying expedition
| almost to the. British lines at Charles
at Dorchester and Monks Corner. and
! then, his wound troubling him again
| and his general health being poor. he
! had to ask for furlou ugh The . war a :
was restored to health. But once well
| again he became as active in public
affairs as he had been IN the Army.
4 He took Il deep interest III pQillICS.s r1e
was strong Federalist, an ardent adj
mirer Of Washington and an earnest
! advocate OF the principles OF Hamilton
! and Adams. He was a mem per Of the
4 South Carolina convention that ratified
| the Federal Constitution, and after the
i organization Of the United States gov-
i eminent he. served as q representative
] In Congress from South Carolina from
4 1850 10 1898 From 1901 to 1903 ne re-
\ presented the Palmetto State IN the
Senate and then he was sent TO l3razll
J as United States minister. When ne
returned from South America, south
Carolina again sent him to the unlteo
4 States Senate.
! Despite his slender frame. his wounds.
his campaigns and the strain OF a re-
fnarkable active life. he seemed TO- I'M
prove In henlth as the years passed by,
II re came to be eighty years Old ano
ne was quite rugged When no was
elghty-hve no was hale and hearty.
~ ninety he was spry Few OF his
oid companions in arms were living
men But Year followed year, and the
south Caroline Gamecock lived on, i
II was not until June /, 1882, when he
was ninety-eight, that he died. He
was the last OF the soldiers of the
strench and indian wars, the last Of
tho warriors of tho Cherokee war anC
Inc last OF tho Generals of the Revolu-
!, ton. S. q. :. 7s
4 Copyright. 1910. by Richard spillane.l