The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-06

to headquarters, was ushered into the
room where the officers were dining,
conferred with Gates and then with
drew. He was in the yard about
the dining room and called his name.
They were the British guests. They
had seen by his uniform he was
field officer, and when he left the
room they inquired who he was. Be
ing told he was Col Morgan, they
arose, went out and introduced them
selves to him, saying they thought
they ought to know him, as they had
severely felt him in the field.
1t is strange that man of Nor
CAMS temperament should have been
able to control himself so well UNI
der the repeated insults of Gates. 1t
was with intense satisfaction that he
was transferred from the Department
of the North to the main army again.
He rejoined Washington at Valley
Forge, and when the British evacuat-
ed Philadelphia and began their
march across New Jersey he was as
signed to hover on the British right
He and his men were in the thick
of the conflict at Monmouth, and they
had their full share in the campaigns
of the next two years. Then Nor
CAMS health forced him to take fur
Tough and he went home to recruit
his strength. While he was there
General Gates, who had been appoint
ed to command the army of the south,
visited him and urged him to return
to the service at once and join him.
Morgan was astounded He told Gen.
Gates he would return to the service
at an early date, but he certainly did
not intend to serve under a man who
had treated him so baby
Morgan, nevertheless, was ordered
few weeks later to report to Gates,
and with the order came promotion
to brigadier general Thoroughly
disgruntled, he started south, little
knowing that there he was to win
one of the most brilliant victories of
the war, one that would place him
for all time among the leading figures
Of the great contest.
He joined Gates at Hillsborough
The battle of Camden had been
fought and Gates had been routed.
South Carolina had been overrun by
the British, and North Carolina was
next in order. Gates sent Morgan
to join General Smallwood, hut when
Greene succeeded Gates there was
an immediate change of plans. Greene
called in various scattered bodies of
Americans that had been operating
separately and divided them into two
divisions, one under Morgan, to OPP
crate in the western quarter, and the
other under himself, to operate in the
eastern quarter. BY this division, he
hoped to hold open lines for militia
achievements, upon which the re,
building of the crushed army depend
ed, and also obtain much needed pro-
visions. Morgan, in his movement,
was Joined by Pickens with 500 mi
litiamen, and established himself on
the Broad river, near where it meets
the Pacolet.
CORVALLIS had been reinforced by
the arrival of a fresh detachment Of
troops at Charleston, and seeing in
Morgan's progress in the western
quarter design on Ninety-Six, or an
amalgamation with the mountaineers
and breaking up or the British line
of communications, he sent Tarleton
with cavalry and infantry to bring
Morgan to battle or to drive him
north.
CORVALLIS was not content with
this, but. determined on intercepting
Tarleton, he moved north with his
main army between the Catawba and
the Broad rivers.
Tarleton lost no time in going after
Morgan, and Morgan, who never was
unwilling to accept a reasonable
fight, was eager to meet him, but
the march of CORVALLIS between the
Broad and Catawba meant trouble
serious trouble, the complete sever
ance of the two divisions of the little
American army and the total destruc-
ton of Morgan's command in case It
was caught between Tarleton and
Corvallis
To insure his own safety and
Greene's safety Morgan would have
to prevent CORVALLIS from cutting
him off. Reluctantly Morgan retreat
ed. Tarleton was after him like a
hound aftoYs bara MOppon'e force