Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-28
WON THaseREsT WAR.
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ch.r,otte IN with an army poorly
en,,innad had,v organized. and fed
largely On green corn. he marched to-
wo rt,s Camden Pbere ON the 18th of
August 1890 he stumbled on the
p,it,sb. and was sfznally defeated.
Two davis LITER Tarleton overlook
snmter At Fishing Greek and put his
band to flight. These two battiss. end
ed the. major disastsrss of thef year.
fDavie Held the Fort! sisst.,,
This series of continued; misfortuns
would have overwhelmed q less brave
people, for; with the exception of ,Davie
and, his little legion. there was after
the defeat of, Sumter, no regularly or
sanized Aoppesition to the British in
the entire. state Mouitrie draws this
picture of the times, a picture THAI
may well be source of pride to you
whb live. in what was then the New
Acquisition lie says:
About this time Gen. Dayie ana
his partners and the inhabitants cf the
New Acquisition were almost the only
American forces TO oppose the British
| in South Carolina. The inhabitants Of
the New Acquisition had never been
made prisoners; neither had they
taken rSotection. 1t was from them
that Gen. Sufnter secured many OF ms ms
men, and, after his defeat they went
back to the settlements ana kept IN
small parties for their own protec-
tioh. Some OF them joined MAJOR
Dayie, who commanded 50 or 6o
volunteers equipped as dragoons.'
Had the British at this ill-fated hour
acted as magnanimous conquerors'
the stnte might have been reconciled
TO the King. What might have. been
the consequences" says Garden, III
wisdom had Swayed the British COM
| manders in, South Carolina, II appalls
me to contemplate" But their savag-
1 cry In the expeditions to complete M Mthe
CONQUEST OF the state after the fall OF
Charleston, aroused O new set oi
leaders and broughtS into action a new
4 form Of warfare, q warfare that was
to redeem the state and aid tremen-
dously in the overthrow on British
| power in America. This new move
4 ment began in the summer OF 1850,
/ and makes this always memorable
year.
& The, Faithful Partisans.
These leaders, who then organized
bands, now known as Partisan bands
pps theh Is ee'iei any o'AeI A'
put renec'ois Vi 'he he" sp w. -.
hs uppe' So"
GERS ana men were con'iieeu Wy I'm
TONS, prociama'ions tnat theS iau ~
hight either Tor or against thelr state'
They realized daily that no faith was
Kept pyl tneir aaVefsar'es' VINO 'aio NO. 10.
i represent lhe usuai iish tSpe VI
british soldier. ihey were hiiea WIN
righteous anger over the loss vi purh'
homes, Wantoniy snot STOCK, ana tnetis
fnnumerable. They could hardiy con-
tain themselves over the indignlties 10
their families end the desecranon OF
their cnurcnes. ine grave haWsay
STOPS the. now on ms 'farratve 'i7 s' 'ohs
enough 10 point out ehat IN lnese o'''
nours the women were ihoesd, as theS
always are IN times' even more
steadlast ana uhtlrlng thah the men,
They, undlsmayed py, o1saster ana
gloryingi IN the name Oh reDels, uh-
falteifngiy> urged tneir kinsmea 70
high endeavor.
loyaI to Duty.
! Three things are noticeable about
these Partisan bands.
First, their peculiar organization.
They, We're volunteers, received no
pay, and were never formally muster
] ed into service. Some few of their Of
ficers. like Sumter and Marion of
South Carolina. and Davie and David
son of North Carolina, bore Continen-
tai or state appointments, but most of
their officers had neither congressional
or state commissions. Their election
by their men was their commission,
| and their continued leadership and
control depended on their own success.
So democratic were the organizations
that no battle was fought without a
voice of the entire band. Their bands,