Cowpens Papers: Being Correspondence of General Morgan and the Prominent ActorsTheodorus Bailey Myers |
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action American Army arrived Augusta Baron de Kalb Battle of Cowpens Brig British Camden CAMP HICKS CREEK Captain Catawba CATAWBA RIVER cavalry Charleston Charlotte CHERAWS Colonel command commissioned officers conduct Congress Corps COURIER DANIEL MORGAN Davidson dear sir DEAR SIR-I despatches detachment distinguished Dragoons duty enemy esteem field flank force gallant Gates Gen'l MORGAN Genl Georgia give Governor Greene Hillsboro honor horse Howard humble servant inst JACKSON January JOHN EAGER HOWARD join Lafayette letters Lieut Light Infantry Lord Cornwallis Lord Rawdon Major Giles Major McDowal Maryland Medal ment merit military militia MORGAN-A NATH Ninety-Six O. H. WILLIAMS obedient officers Pacolet PEDEE Pickens Pickens's Prisoners proper rear received Regiment reinforce retreat RICHARD HENRY LEE RUTLEDGE sence Sir Henry Clinton SIR-Your skirmish soldier South Carolina success Sumter surprize Tarleton tion Tories troops victory Virginia Volunteers Washington wish wounded Yorktown
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Page 36 - You have forfeited no part of my esteem as an officer by the unfortunate event of the action of the 17th.
Page 35 - That a medal of gold be presented to Brigadier-General Morgan, a medal of silver to Lieutenant-Colonel Washington, of the Cavalry, and one of silver to Lieutenant-Colonel Howard, of the Infantry of the United States, severally, with emblems and mottoes descriptive of the conduct of those officers respectively on that memorable day.
Page 43 - My object of writing at present is to request, if you sec no Impropriety in it, your giving a certificate under your hand of there being present three companies. The detachment was small, but if you recollect you placed them in front of the whole, and they strictly obeyed your orders in keeping up a warm fire and gradually retreating. I could wish your expressing that they behaved as well as the other militia in the field. The officers commanding...
Page 35 - That the thanks of the United States in Congress assembled, be given to Captain John Paul Jones, for the zeal, prudence, and intrepidity with which he has supported the honor of the American flag ; for his bold and successful enterprises to redeem from captivity the citizens of these States who had fallen under the power of the enemy ; and in general for the good conduct...
Page 34 - March 21s«, 1781. SIR : It is with peculiar pleasure that I execute the order of the House of Delegates, in transmitting to you their sense, and through them the sense that your country entertains of the many signal services performed by you in the various victories that you have obtained over the enemies of the United States, and more especially in the late well-timed total defeat given to the British troops in South Carolina. I am directed to request of you, Sir, that you will convey to the brave...
Page 44 - Howard's, and for which, I had the honor of your thanks on the field of battle. I think it a duty to my children, as the history of my State is to be told, to have some insertion even of my conduct in that well fought battle.
Page 10 - Camden—probably they mean to form a junction, and attempt to give a blow to a part of our force while we are divided, and most probably that blow will be aimed at you, as our position in the centre of a wilderness is less accessible than your camp. I know your discretion renders all caution from me unnecessary; but my friendship will plead an excuse for the impertinence of wishing you to run no risk of a defeat. May your laurels flourish when your locks fade, and an age of peace reward your toils...
Page 34 - ... total defeat given to the British troops in South Carolina. I am directed to request of you, Sir, that you will convey to the brave officers and troops under your command in the action of the 17th of January, the sense entertained by the House of Delegates of their valor and great services upon that occasion. Having thus discharged my duty to the House of Delegates, permit me to lament that the unfortunate state of your health should deprive the public of those eminent services in the field which...
Page 31 - ... happy that so great a share of the glory is due to the officers and men of the light infantry. Next to the happiness which a man feels at his own good fortune, is that which attends his friend. I am much better pleased that you have plucked the laurels from the brow of the hitherto fortunate Tarleton, than if he had fallen by the hands of Lucifer. Vengeance is not sweet if it is not taken as we would have it. I am delighted that the accumulated honors of a young partisan should be plundered by...