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372 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
opportunities to judge of the merits of the Marylanders who fought in
the Southern campaign of 1780, in commenting upon this noble action,.
observes:
" When the Pennsylvania line revolted, and yet had the fidelity to deliver up the
agents sent among them by the enemy, a corrupt world gazed with astonishment on an
instance of such fidelity exhibited under such circumstances. But, though it has never
been told, the example had been set by the soldiers under Williams; but it was in a
remote part of America, and no effort was made to blazon it to the world. It is known
that emissaries had been sent from Camden into the neighborhood of Hillsborough, and
some of them who ventured to tamper with the American troops were actually delivered
up by thenl to the civil authority and punished."
From the 16th of August to the 7th of September, Lord Cornwallis remained
at Camden, resting his army, preparing for an advance. On the 7th, at the
head of a large force, he took up his line of march for Charlotte, while Colonel Ferguson, an active and intelligent British partizan, by an oblique route,
moved from Ninety-Six towards the same point. At once the militia of South
Carolina and Georgia, under Cleveland, Williams, Lacy and Brenna, leaving
their families behind them, flew to arms, determined to make a stand in some
of the mountain passes through which the invaders under Ferguson must
penetrate. By concert of action, six thousand of the patriots of the country
gathered at a place called Gilberttown. Astonished at finding such a formidable force before him, Ferguson attempted a retrograde movement, but was
overtaken on the 7th of October, at King's Mountain, near the borders of
North Carolina by nine hundred and ten picked men under the command of
Colonel Arthur Campbell, with Cleveland, Seviere, Shelby and Williams. After
a severe conflict of one hour, one hundred and fifty of Ferguson's men were
killed, three or four hundred were wounded, and himself and his whole command, consisting of eleven hundred men, including the wounded, with fifteen
hundred stand of arms, fell into the hands of the Americans.
Lord Cornwallis had passed through Charlotte and was advancing to Salisbury, where he received intelligence of the disaster at King's Mountain. He
immediately recrossed the Catawba at Land's Ferry, on the 14th of October,
1780, and took a position at Winnsborough, on the 29th.
The advance of Cornwallis towards North Carolina had stimulated the
authorities of that State in taking measures to repel the threatened invasion;
while the militia were collecting in large numbers at Hillsborough, provision
was made, not only to equip this force for the field, but also to meet, in a
partial degree, some of the most pressing needs of the regular army, the chief
of which was the want of clothing. The command of the militia had, at the
request of the assembly in September, been conferred on General Smaliwood,
and Colonel Daniel Morgan, who arrived at Hillsborough about this time,
was, on the 30th, invited to take a command in the same force. The latter,
however, declined the honor, and the former assuming his new command,
Colonel Otho H. Williams was placed at the head of the brigade of the
Maryland Line. General Gates now formed the plan of a legionary corps of
| Title | History of Maryland - 2 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000409 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 372 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. opportunities to judge of the merits of the Marylanders who fought in the Southern campaign of 1780, in commenting upon this noble action,. observes: " When the Pennsylvania line revolted, and yet had the fidelity to deliver up the agents sent among them by the enemy, a corrupt world gazed with astonishment on an instance of such fidelity exhibited under such circumstances. But, though it has never been told, the example had been set by the soldiers under Williams; but it was in a remote part of America, and no effort was made to blazon it to the world. It is known that emissaries had been sent from Camden into the neighborhood of Hillsborough, and some of them who ventured to tamper with the American troops were actually delivered up by thenl to the civil authority and punished." From the 16th of August to the 7th of September, Lord Cornwallis remained at Camden, resting his army, preparing for an advance. On the 7th, at the head of a large force, he took up his line of march for Charlotte, while Colonel Ferguson, an active and intelligent British partizan, by an oblique route, moved from Ninety-Six towards the same point. At once the militia of South Carolina and Georgia, under Cleveland, Williams, Lacy and Brenna, leaving their families behind them, flew to arms, determined to make a stand in some of the mountain passes through which the invaders under Ferguson must penetrate. By concert of action, six thousand of the patriots of the country gathered at a place called Gilberttown. Astonished at finding such a formidable force before him, Ferguson attempted a retrograde movement, but was overtaken on the 7th of October, at King's Mountain, near the borders of North Carolina by nine hundred and ten picked men under the command of Colonel Arthur Campbell, with Cleveland, Seviere, Shelby and Williams. After a severe conflict of one hour, one hundred and fifty of Ferguson's men were killed, three or four hundred were wounded, and himself and his whole command, consisting of eleven hundred men, including the wounded, with fifteen hundred stand of arms, fell into the hands of the Americans. Lord Cornwallis had passed through Charlotte and was advancing to Salisbury, where he received intelligence of the disaster at King's Mountain. He immediately recrossed the Catawba at Land's Ferry, on the 14th of October, 1780, and took a position at Winnsborough, on the 29th. The advance of Cornwallis towards North Carolina had stimulated the authorities of that State in taking measures to repel the threatened invasion; while the militia were collecting in large numbers at Hillsborough, provision was made, not only to equip this force for the field, but also to meet, in a partial degree, some of the most pressing needs of the regular army, the chief of which was the want of clothing. The command of the militia had, at the request of the assembly in September, been conferred on General Smaliwood, and Colonel Daniel Morgan, who arrived at Hillsborough about this time, was, on the 30th, invited to take a command in the same force. The latter, however, declined the honor, and the former assuming his new command, Colonel Otho H. Williams was placed at the head of the brigade of the Maryland Line. General Gates now formed the plan of a legionary corps of |
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