However, I have heard my uncle tell the story again and again in these words, and there can be no doubt as to its correctness, however the historian of the future may write concerning the action:
"After the alarm gun sounded, promptness and swift riding became as necessary [192] as had caution, and the general ordered his men to follow him at a gallop4 until the force reached the main road, about three hundred yards from where it was known the enemy lay.
"Here, with the exception of a small number who were to act as cavalry, the entire command dismounted. A body of picked men under Captain Waties was ordered down the road to attack Dollard's house where the Tories had been posted. Two companies under Hugh Horry were sent to the right, and the cavalry to the left, to support the attack, Marion himself bringing up the rear.
"It so happened, however, that the Tories had left the house immediately after being alarmed, and were strongly drawn5 up in a field near at hand.
"Here it was they encountered Horry's command on the advance, with a fire equally severe and unexpected. The effect was that of a surprise upon the colonists6. Horry's troops fell back in confusion, but [193] were promptly7 rallied and brought on the charge.
"Immediately the battle became obstinate8 and bloody; but the appearance of the men under Waties, who came up suddenly in the rear of the Tories, soon brought it to a close. Finding themselves between two fires, the enemy gave way in all directions to flee for refuge to the neighboring swamp of Black Mingo."
This is the story of the battle as I have heard my uncle tell it many times.
As for the part which we three comrades played, I can say but little in detail.
When the advance was ordered we rode forward eagerly, for inaction had whetted9 our desire, and once more we gave the renegade sons of the colony a much needed lesson.
To me the engagement was not as desperate as either of the others in which Percy and I had taken part, for at no time did we of the cavalry come to a hand-to-hand encounter with those who chose to serve a [194] king whose only delight was in oppression; but that it was a real and a bloody battle was known full well after we had gained possession of the field, for then our officers learned from such prisoners as had been taken, that the enemy outnumbered us two to one, and of all those engaged, true colonists as well as false, a full third were killed or disabled.
Our loss was great, when one takes into consideration the fact that we made the attack, and that it was in a certain sense surprising.
Captain Logan was killed; Captain Mouzon and Lieutenant10 Scott so severely11 wounded that even though their lives were saved it would be impossible for them to do active service again, and more than an hundred people were dead or disabled.
Among the Tories the execution had been great; Captain Ball was dead, and a full two hundred lay on the ground lifeless, or wounded to such an extent that retreat was impossible. [195]
In addition to that, we had among us one hundred and two as prisoners, and they who had a few hours previous believed the Cause of freedom in the Carolinas was dead, now pleaded eagerly to be allowed to enlist12.
They had no love for country; but were ready as ever to join such force as appeared to be gaining ascendancy13, and this one victory had put the Cause on a different footing from what it had been since the day we made the attack upon the Prince of Wales' regiment14 at Nelson's Ferry.
In discussing this engagement afterward15, Gavin, Percy and I have decided16, to our own satisfaction at least, that not one among our leaders had any idea of the good which might result from what was little less than a chance encounter when the king's officers believed we had been whipped into submission17.
We ourselves almost became weary of it as the days passed and this man or that, [196] who had previously18 declared his allegiance to the king, came into camp, begging the privilege to enlist under the banner of General Marion.
But I am getting ahead of my story, and it is little wonder, for on the night before the battle at the Black Mingo we had considered ourselves outlaws19, whose only hope lay in striking one or more severe blows before death should befall us. Then to find that the Cause had suddenly received a new lease of life was so unexpected and happily surprising, that even at this late day I cannot forbear a sense of triumph such as I did not know even on the day peace was declared, when these colonies had become a free nation—a nation such as I doubt not will one day be a power in the world.
We laid in this captured camp sufficiently20 long to give all our friends opportunity of joining us, and the faint-hearted inhabitants nearabout time to declare their pretended love for the Cause, before [197] attempting to continue the lesson to the red-coats which had been so long delayed.
It was during this time of inaction that we were joined by a young man hardly older than myself, who was destined21 to make the fourth in our comradeship.
This was none other than Gabriel Marion, the general's nephew, a lad loved by our commander as if he had been a son, and on whom one might pin his faith, knowing full well it would never be betrayed.
This Gabriel did not resemble his uncle in feature, else might we never have come to take him to our hearts as we did. The general wore a somber22 countenance23, while the lad was ever smiling, however great the danger which threatened.
The general rarely spoke24 in a jovial25 tone, while Gabriel never lost an opportunity of uttering a jest.
Within half an hour after he rode into the captured camp at Shepherd's Ferry the general sent for Percy and myself, and, when we presented ourselves, introduced [198] his nephew much in the following fashion:
"This lad is as dear to me as a son, and his honor, his courage and patriotism26 as near to my heart as my own, therefore do I present him to you two lads whom I know to be true and faithful to whatsoever27 you set your word. Make of him a comrade, and you will please me; hold him to his duties as you hold each other, and you will benefit him."
No words could have been more flattering or more pleasing to us, and it can well be imagined that we were especially careful from this day out to merit the continuance of the same favorable opinion.
Gabriel was a lad whom all would love immediately after knowing him, and once having formed his acquaintance, he was found to be the same one day as another,—a true, lovable comrade.
To him, as a matter of course, we told all that had come to us, since we were regularly enrolled28 as members of his uncle's [199] force, and in so doing spoke necessarily of Sam Lee.
Although we held ourselves ever ready to meet any enemies of the Cause, it was that young Tory whom we especially hoped to come across.
If I have not heretofore set it down strongly, let it be understood we had never come to a new neighborhood without a strong hope that he might be met, and the three of us were resolved to capture him at the first opportunity whatever the hazard, for in all the Carolinas could be found no more bitter enemy than this same lad who had taken sides with the hirelings of the king simply because of his own vicious nature.
"Without good reason therefore, Sam Lee is, I believe, bent29 on doing all possible harm to us of Williamsburg, and when we have made him prisoner, holding the scoundrel so close that he cannot escape until the Cause be won or hopelessly lost, we shall have accomplished30 a good work," [200] Percy said when I had finished the story regarding that young Tory.
"How may he, a lad without influence, do so much mischief31?" Gabriel asked, and Gavin Witherspoon replied promptly:
"It is because of being a mere32 boy that gives him the advantage. Unless our friends know him for what he is, it would naturally be thought that he was incapable33 of harm. I had rather have him in my clutches than any man short of a major in the British service."
"What prevents our setting out some day and bringing him into camp?" Gabriel asked with a merry laugh; but there was no need I should answer the question, for he knew full well had it been possible we would have had the Tory within our grasp long before this.
Just how many days we remained in camp at Shepherd's Ferry I am unable to set down, because there was much to occupy our time, although such occupation [201] was not directly connected with the Cause.
We four comrades were constantly being sent out as scouts34, or to urge that the planters near at hand bring in food, so that one day went by after another with exceeding swiftness and so much of pleasurable intercourse35 that it was more like a merry-making than a struggle against a mighty36 king.
However, the day came when word was whispered round about the camp that we were to set out at once for Lynch's Creek37, to make an attack upon Colonel Harrison and his Tory Legion.
While we were preparing for the journey, good friends came in with tidings that the renegades were gathering38 in large force in and about Salem and the fork of Black River.
Here it was, so we were told, that Colonel Tynes of the British service had appeared, summoning the people as good subjects of his majesty39 to take the field [202] against their countrymen, and he brought with him ample supplies of war materials, provisions, and even of luxuries such as our people had not seen for many a month.
Eager though we were to be at Harrison's Tories, the tidings of new muskets40 with bayonets, broad swords, pistols, saddles, bridles41, and of powder and ball which the Britisher had brought with him caused our mouths to water.
Had General Marion neglected to take advantage of such opportunity as seemed suddenly to have presented itself, I believe the men of his brigade, obedient and faithful as they had been, would have burst into loud murmurings, for we were sadly in need of equipments.
Before the day on which this information was brought had come to an end, others who were friendly to the Cause arrived with the definite information that Colonel Tynes was encamped at Tarcote, on the forks of Black River, and apparently42 so secure in mind regarding his position [203] that such watchfulness43 as common prudence44 would have dictated45 was neglected.
It was just such an advantage as General Marion delighted in; exactly the kind of work for which we of the brigade were best adapted, and every man was in a fever to be at the task which was at one and the same time for the benefit of the Cause and the better equipment of ourselves.
While the officers deliberated, the rank and file announced what articles they most needed, as if it were only necessary to make the statement in order to have their desires fulfilled, and, in short, there was not one among us but that believed we could have for the choosing anything in Colonel Tynes' stores.
Tarleton with his Legion was hot after us, and so every one knew; but thus far we had failed to meet him, and between his force and ours was that gallant46 general of Carolina, my father's kinsman47, General Sumter standing48 ever ready to interpose lest Tarleton should fall upon General Marion [204] when he was least prepared, and who delighted in leading that British butcher on a wild-goose chase.
Truly we two, Percy and I, had reason to be proud of the men to whom we were bound by ties of blood, for the names of Sumter and James stood high, and with good cause, among the defenders49 of the Carolinas in those dark days when armed resistance seemed little short of suicide.
I realize that this task which Percy has insisted I shall perform is being done in a halting fashion, because of my speaking overly much, perhaps, of those who remained true during the darkest days known by the southern colonies; but yet how may it be possible to tell any portion of the story of the Carolinas without mentioning again and again the names of those patriots50 who ventured life and fortune when such sacrifice seemed hopeless?
However, just now must be told what we of the Williamsburg district did with the overly confident Colonel Tynes, and yet [205] the story must be brief, because the adventure was no more than an ordinary occurrence, where neither glory nor honor is to be won, nor great deeds accomplished.
At midnight, eight and forty hours after the news had been brought, General Marion's brigade descended51 upon Colonel Tynes' camp, and simply overran it.
It seems strange even now that we should have seized upon all that store, throwing so many well-armed men into a panic by simply riding among them, yet such is the fact.
When, in the darkness of the night, the brigade came upon the encampment, we four comrades were sent forward to reconnoiter, and true it is that we failed to find a single sentinel on guard. In some of the camps men were playing cards, in others they slept, and yet more sat around the camp-fires, drinking and smoking.
The officers were making merry in a building hard by, and there were none to oppose our progress. [206]
The reconnaissance was attended with as little danger as if we four had gone out sight-seeing among friends, and when we returned to where General Marion and my uncle the major, awaited our coming, it was with a story so incredible that for an instant they could hardly believe our statements.
Then the word "Forward" was given, and we, as I have said, overran that camp without hindrance52.
Neither Britisher nor Tory so much as discharged a gun; the redcoat and renegade Carolinian alike sought refuge in flight, hoping to gain the fastness of Tarcote Swamp, and to have cut them down in their panic would have been like murdering men in cold blood, for how can you take the life of him who offers no resistance?
Twenty minutes had not elapsed from the time we made our report, until the encampment with all its wealth of British stores was our own, and here and there [207] came some scurvy53 Tory crawling and cringing54 before our officers as he begged to be allowed the privilege of enlisting55.
It was not warfare56; but simply a foraging57 expedition among people who were the same as unarmed.
Colonel Tynes, two of his captains, and fifty-four British regulars were taken prisoners. We hardly troubled ourselves about the Tories, save that Gavin, Percy, Gabriel and I rode here and there searching eagerly for Sam Lee, but finding him not.
When day broke our men overhauled58 the equipments and the provisions which were intended for those who should take up arms against us, and before we gave heed59 to breaking our fast the old and patched saddles were replaced by new ones of English make; our powder-horns and shot-pouches were filled; we wore breeches and boots that had been brought for the benefit of our enemies, and, to a man, were as well equipped as any force the butcher Tarleton ever headed. [208]
The prisoners were sent to Kingstree, which town we now believed ourselves capable of holding, and in the fourth encampment that had been wrested60 from the Britishers or their allies, we feasted and made merry, Gabriel declaring that he was "disappointed in having thus joined a band of foragers when he expected to see somewhat of warfare."
And the poor lad did see warfare in its most bitter phase before many days passed.
Now that I am come to the closing acts in this life which we knew for so short a time and loved so well, I must hasten over them because of the bitterness which comes to me with the memory that has never faded.
We three comrades—meaning Gavin, Percy and myself—had seen the darkest days of the struggle, and then suddenly participated in the joy which came to us when, seemingly without good reason, we were once more triumphant61. [209]
Gabriel had come at the moment when we were flushed with the excitement of unexpected success, and he saw but little of it, poor lad!
While we lay at Salem receiving every day new recruits from those who had been lukewarm to the Cause, and from the cowards who believed safety lay only in friendship with the "rebels," word was brought that Lord Cornwallis had begged Colonel Tarleton to "get at" General Marion.
It was said that the butcher had arisen from a bed of sickness brought about by his own excesses, with a vow62 that he would capture "the scurvy Swamp Fox," and that his Legion, which was before Camden, had orders to meet him on the Wateree River, from which place he would set out to make a prisoner of our general.
This information came to us at a time when we were not only ready, but willing, to meet the infamous63 Tarleton, although [210] in his Legion were two men, where there was one of ours, and, as my uncle said with a grim smile, when speaking to Gavin Witherspoon after orders had been given us to prepare for the march, "we would make Colonel Tarleton's mission as easy of accomplishment64 as was possible, so far as showing him the whereabouts of the Swamp Fox was concerned."
Our horses were in good condition; every man among us eager to measure strength with this human brute65 who had devastated66 the Carolinas wherever he marched, and we hardly drew rein67 until arriving once more at Nelson's Ferry, on the Santee River.
This was the second time we had crossed the entire district of Williamsburg with a swiftness such as astounded68 the British horsemen, and it is little wonder that our general received from them the name in which we of his brigade gloried.
Exactly how strong the Britishers were there was no means of knowing, although [211] one might guess that Tarleton would not come out with less than his full legion, which numbered upwards69 of eleven hundred men; but yet we pressed forward even after having come upon their trail, and knowing how much greater their force was than ours—pressed forward close upon their heels until the hour came when it would have been folly70 to continue on, because the horses were winded.
Then we made camp in the woods, Gabriel Marion complaining bitterly because his uncle had called a halt, although the steed the lad bestrode could not have advanced five miles more at an ordinary pace.
Near the enemy, as we knew ourselves to be, it was necessary to take every precaution at this encampment, and we were yet hard at work while our steeds were feeding, throwing up such rude shelters as would suffice for the use of the sharp-shooters, when Colonel Richardson, who served under General Sumter until [212] wounded and had then retired71 to his plantation72 for a time, came into camp.
Percy and I were acting73 as sentinels when he first arrived, and, fearing some treachery, for he was a stranger to us, would have prevented him from even speaking with one of our officers, had he not referred to his services under our father's brother with such minuteness of detail that we could not longer remain incredulous.
I conducted him to where General Marion and Major James sat upon the ground amid a clump74 of bushes discussing plans for the next day's work, and had hardly more than saluted75 when a great light flashed up on the western sky.
"It is the flames of my dwelling," Colonel Richardson exclaimed bitterly, even before the general and the major had time to welcome him. "Tarleton's Legion is within five miles, bent now as ever upon their work of devastation76!"
"And you have fled at such a time?" [213] my uncle, the major, said, in a tone very nearly that of reproach.
"I would willingly have given up my life in defense77 of those whom I love; but that you are in the greatest danger. Hidden with my wife and children in one of the outbuildings—no other able-bodied man on the plantation to aid me in a defense which would have been vain—I saw a lad, whom I believe to be one of the Tory Lees from nearabout Kingstree, ride up and demand audience of Tarleton. So near was the butcher to me at the moment that I heard plainly the young scoundrel's speech, and it was to the effect that General Marion with his brigade lay here at this place. There was no longer any course left me save to give you warning, for as soon as my plantation has been ruined and the butcher satisfies himself I am not at hand to be hanged, he will make a descent upon you."
"We have come to give him that opportunity," my uncle, the major, said proudly, [214] whereat Colonel Richardson showed signs of great alarm.
"You can easily be surrounded here, and, with a force such as Tarleton has, must be cut to pieces, however bravely your men may fight. To make a stand would be useless sacrifice of life, and I conjure78 you, General Marion, that you seek a more advantageous79 place in which to meet the enemy; but whatsoever may be your decision, I here offer myself as a recruit until you shall have given the British cutthroat a proper lesson."
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