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FACTS ABOUT GUILFOHJ) BATTLE Famous Engagement in North Carolina and Those Who Took l'art in it. In view of the fact that a nionu-i ment to Gen. Nathanael Greene.j erected by art of congress, was un-l veiled at Guilford battle ground on ! Saturday. July 3. some information ! about tbe battle and those who par-! ticipated may be of interest at this time: * On September 1, 17 7a, North Caro-; lina furnished two regiments of continental troops, with Col. James Moore and Lieut. Col. Francis Nash; in command of the 1st regiment, and Col. Robert Howe and Lieut Col. Alexander Martin in command of the 2nd regiment. On April 15, 1776, four more regiments were supplied, with the following officers in command: Third regiment. Col. Jethro Sumner, Lieut. Col. William Alston; 4th regiment. Col. Thomas Polk, Lieut. Col. James Thackston, Major William Lee Davidson: 5th regiment. Col. Edward Buncombe. Lieut. Col. j Henry Irwin; 6th regiment. Col. Alexander Lillington, Lieut. Col. William j , Taylor. These regiments were known; as regulars. North Carolina also! i furnished six battalions, known as minute men. On November 15, 1777, these six regiments, of about four thousand men, were ordered to join Gen Washington in New Jersey. They participated in the battles of Brandywine, September 7. 1 777, at Germani to^fn, where Gen. Nash was killed Oc.tober 4, 1777; at Monmouth. June 20, 1778, and at Stony Point, July 16, 1779; also were with their commander at Valley Forge in the winter ol 1777 and 1778. On November zs, 1776, three additional regiments were enlisted, with the following commanding officers: Seventh regiment, ECol. James Hogun. Lieut. Col. Robert Mebane; Sth regiment. Col. James Armstrong, Lieut. Col. James Ingram: 9th regiment. Col. John P. Williams. Lieut. Col. John Luttrell. These regiments went forward in ?" 1777 and joined Gen. Washington. These troops were placed under command of Brig. Gen. James Moore previous to going north, and upon his death under Brig. Gen. Francis Nash, and after his death under Brig. Gen. James Hogun. Under his command ? they were sent to Charleston, S. C., seven hundred arriving there March 13, 1780. Major Gen Lincoln had sucoeeded Major Gen. Robert Howe, of North Carolina, in command of the Southern forces in December, 1778. Upon the siege of Charleston by Sir Henry Clinton, commander-inchief of the British forces, Lincoln surrendered to him in May, 1780. Clinton sailed for New York on June 5, 1780, and left his army of some i seven thousand in command of Cornwallis, whose principal assistants' ' ^ J o ^ ^ I v. were l^otq kowuou, cui. ia? iciuu auu j jr., Major Patrick Ferguson. At the endj ; of June, 1780, Cornwallis reported) all resistance in South Carolina and 1 Georgia at an end. Gen. Horatio |l Gates was appointed in command of the Southern army, to succeed Gen. Lincoln, by congress. June 13, 1 7SO. The North Carolina legislature called for 8,000 militia to repel the threatened invasion of Cornwallis. and Gen. |\ Griffith Rutherford in the West and j i Gen. Richard Caswell in the East, 1 were put in the field to raise these!1 troops. On June 20, 1780. the battle of Ramsour's Mill tfas fought be- < tween the Whigs and Tories, who i < were defeated, with a loss on both i sides of 70 killed and 100 wounded. ' This ended the activities of the < Tories in the West. On August 16. ' 1780, Gen. Gates, aided by Gens. Cas-'t well and Baron De Kalb, fought the, < forces of Cornwallis and Lord Row-, 1 & don at Camden and were severely de-j I feated. Gen. Rutherford was wound-! ed and captured. Baron De Kalb died i of his wounds, and Gen. Gregory was!! also badly injured. Gen. Gates fled 11 'to Charlotte, where he was joined by! < Gen. Caswell and proceeded to Hills-;; boro. William Lee Davidson was ap-j< pointed brigadier general to succeed 1 Gen. Rutherford. The forces under . Gens. Davie. Davidson and Sumner < I now assembled at Charlotte and the 1 North Carolina legislature made Gen.! Smallwood, of .Maryland, a major general and placed him in command of the North Carolina militia. In ' defence of Charlotte Gen. Graham i was badly wounded and prevented 7 from taking part in the battle of ; King's .Mountain, a month later. The British, under Cornwallis, Rowdon ; and Tarleton. entered Charlotte Sep- i tember 26, 17S0. The British were i severely defeated at the battle of King's Mountain under command of ' Col. Ferguson, who was killed Oeto7 1750 The imprinans wpre nn-l "c* " ~ I der command of Capts. Sevier and j McDowell and Cols. Shelby. Campbell' and Cleveland. North Carolina glor- i ied in this victory, for her sons or-1 ganized the campaign, furnished. more than two-thirds of the soldiers and the funds to equip them. C.en. j Nathanael Greene assumed com-i mand of the Southern forces Decern-' ber 4, 1 780. at Charlotte. He at; once began a reorganization and i placed Gen. Davie in command of j the commissary department. He was( joined by Gens. Morgan, of Virginia, and Httger. of South Carolina, and jn, then Col. Henry Lee, of Virginia. On m. January 17. 17S1. Americans, under Morgan, won a great victory at Cowr< pens over the British, under Tarleton. At battle of Cowan's Ford Gen. ... William Lee Davidson was killed ? pr February 1. 17S<>. Gen. Morgan, on account of ill health, returned to Virginia. On the death of Gen. David- on son Gen. Andrew Pickens, of South Carolina, succeeded him. It was the " wish of Gen. Greene and Governor Nash that Gen. Sumner should com- pc mand the North Carolina militia at . Guilford, but Major Gen. Caswell ^ would not appoint him. The general L, assembly, in February, 1781, created | a council extraordinary, consisting of "** Major Gen. Caswell. Col. Alexander Martin and Mr. Bignal. Cornwallis . was at this time at Hillsboro and Greene was across the Dan in Virginia. On February 26 Cornwallis c left Hillsboro and marched west to ? Alamance Creek. Greene was then at his'camp at Speedwell Iron Works. c on Troublesome Creek. tie Organized Volunteers of North Caro, H( Una at Guilford Court House. j, Col. Read's men 200 Nc Major Joseph Winston's men .. 100 Major Armstrong's men 100 Capt. Forbes' men 100 ^ Sevier's men under Robertson .. 100 Total 600 gr' Cavalry 40 kil One thousand North Carolina mili- ^ tia joined Greene in two brigades pc March ll, unaer oommana 01 uens. on John Butler and Thomas Eaton. The aggregation of Virginia forces under Greene outside of regular army was: W? Col. William Preston's com- ha mand 300 lo1 Col. William Campbell's com- fe( mand ' 60 SQ Col. Charles Lynch's command 150 Watkins's dragoons 50 w? Virginia militia 1,693 a : Total 2,253 ac Greene's regular troops were as follows: ' Is] Virginia brigade, two regiments, under Col. Greene and Lieut. fr< Col. Hawes, commanded by ze. Gen. Huger, of South Car- in olina 778 f0: Two Maryland regiments of reg- ge ulare under Lieut. Col. How- ap ward and Col. Ford, forming 0j a brigade under Otho Wil- qU liams, to which were attached Kirkwood's, Deleware's, the remnant brought off from un Gates's defeat, In all .... .... 630 The artillery consisting of four iej six-pounders, under Capt. An- te; thony Singleton and Lieut. m? Finley, with 60Morasses ._. .. 60 ov, From Virginia and Maryland? j0, Lee's cavalry 75 he Washington's cavalry 90 |jn. Lee's infantry .. 82;t0( . 2n 1 71" ,li. J. UUIJ AM AV | Vfcll To make a summary of Greene's j to forces? vie North Carolinians 1.700 : fea Virginians 2,253 | at Regular army 1,715 tor ; del 5,668 J Ho Cornwallis had about two thousand i Ro men engaged in the fight. Among Co :he commanding officers were .Major ed Gen. Leslie, Brig. Gen. O'Hara, Lieut. Eu ZJol. James Webster, Lieut. Col. Rob- ed ?rt Stuart, Lieut. Col. Norton and am Uol. Tarleton. As a result of the bat- tov lie 92 British were killed and 413 car ivere wounded. It is probable that Ko Jreene lost about 300 besides a num- \\Tj Der of militia not known. The bat- am :le of Guilford Court House was thejlar >nly pitched battle of any magnitude j No "ought between the American and Wt British forces in North Carolina. sol 'The fatal wound to royal authorty. from which it lingered, and lin- M rering died on the 19th day of Oc- go1 ober, 17S1. was given at Guilford ed ?ourt House on this 15th day ot j lyr March. ITS!. One of the brigades jCa )f North Carolina militia at Guilford Wj was under command of Brig. Gen. sie Tohn Rutler. of Orange county, one tor jf the old Regulators, who had adhered to his ideas of resistance to En tyranny from Alamance in .May. pr< 1771. to that time. He had been coi in arms from the beginning of the fro war. and had recently been at Gates's Br; defeat and escaped capture. He is coi represented as a man of great cour- in age and much force of character. He Mc was very popular with his neighbors, wa and retained their respect by his honest and straightforward dealings with 18 them. There was no time during the ed Revolutionary war when the name of pr< Gen. Butler was not conspicuous in ga North Carolina as a patriot and sol- tin dier. He never laid down his arms pr< until independence was declared and He won. The militia who served un- les der him at Guilford Court House vie were from Orange. Granville and wa Guilford counties." He William Tyron in 1 777. with the Fi: rank of major general, became com- at mander of a corps of Loyalists, ann. 17 in 1770. invaded Connecticut ana j at burned Danbury. Feirfield and Nor- elt walk. Frig. Gen. John Butler was afi an old Regulator, for whose head Ty- wa ron had offered a reward of 1.000 So acres o? land and 100 pounds sterl- de < in 1771, after the battle of Alamce. X. C. "The greatest soldier of that da> >in North Carolina was P.rig. (Jen thro Sumner, of Warren county e know that he passed without reoach through the terrible earnigns of Washington in New Jersej d Pennsylvania, and survived at e of the seven hundred from a bride of more than 5.000 men, anc is promoted for gallantry and skil' ?played amid those bloody scenes >r his constancy, fidelity and great fluence in the State he was detach to raise the four regiments of reg irs in North Carolina in 1 780-81 d his letters during that perfoc ince such a lofty and unselfish pa otism that they challenge the ad iration of every reader." I am indebted to Judge Davie henck's, N. C., 1 780-81, for the in rmation contained in this article. It is worthy of note that many o >rth Carolina's soldiers of great re wn did not participate in the bat > at Guilford. .Major Gen. Rober >we, who had received the thanks congress and the legislatures o >rth Carolina and Virginia and hac en in charge of the continenta rces in the South, was not present ijor Gen. Moore, who succeedec m in command of continenta >ops in the South, had died in 1777 ig. Gen. Francis Xash had beei lied at Germantown and Brig. Gen illiam Lee Davidson at Cowan'i >rd. Cornelius Harnett was a pris er at Wilmington. Major Gen chard Caswell was recruiting in th< ist. Brig. Gen. Griffith Rutherforc is a prisoner. Gen. Joseph Grahan d been severely wounded at Char :te. Major Gen. John Ashe was ir ?ble health at Wilmington and diet me months after the battle. Brig (ii. Lillington was at V.'Miningror itching the British. Xathanael Green (1742-1786) was son of a Quaker smith and farmer; quired an education through hi; n efforts: was elected to Rhod< and legislature; made a specia idv of art of war and was expellee >m the Society of Friends for hi< al in that direction. He was placec command of the Rhode Island rces and was appointed brigadiei neral by congress and later was pointed major general in charge soldiers of Long Island. Subse ently he commanded Forts Lee anc ashington; at Trenton he cominded one of the two American colins and at Brandywine the reserve ; was also at 'Germantown. At Val; Forge he was riiade quartermasr general. At Monmouth he comtnded the right wing. He presided er the court which condemned Ma Andre to death. On October 14 succeeded Gates as commanderchief of the Southern army and >k command at Charlotte on the d of December, 1780. Under his ection Gen. Daniel Morgan went South Carolina, where he won the tory at Cowpens. Greene was deited at Guilford Court House, but such cost to the victor that Tarlel called it "the pledge of ultimate feat." He sustained a reverse at ibkirk's Hill at the hands of Lord wdon. The British under Lieui. 1. James Stuart (who had succeedT - ? J D Atti/lAn \ All orh t CI r pan P at I-UIU rwvtuuu/ iv.i4n..v . - ? - ?taw Springs and were so weakenthat they withdrew to Charleston A remained till surrender at Yorkvn. He was greatly aided in his npaigns by the Polish engineer, sciusko, Henry Lee and William ishington and Thomas Sumpter :1 Francis .Marion. He was voted ge grants of lands by Georgia and rth Carolina and South Carolina, is second only to Washington as a dier. Lord Francis Rowdon Hastings, 7."4-1 S26.) British soldier and rernor general of India. He servat battles of Bunker Hill, Brooki. White Plains. Monmouth and niden and at attacks on Forts ishington and Clinton and at the ge of Charleston. He won the vicy at Hobkirk's Hill. Patrick Ferguson. <1 744-80,) an glish soldier and inventor of first ictical breech loading rifle. In nmand of a corps of volunteers >m British regiments at battle of andywine, September 1. 1777; the ps distinguished itself. He was command of the British at King's runtain, October S. 17S0, where he s severely defeated and killed. Sir Banastre Tarleton. (175433.) English soldier, was appointbrigade major of cavalry, was ;sent at Brandywine and other engements'in 1 777 and 1778, and as ^ commander of the British Legion, " oDdo/i Smith whorp hp aided Sir tnrv Clinron in the capture of Chariton. He was responsible for the tory at Waxhaw and aided Cornillis to win the battle at Camden > was victorious ever Sunipter. at shin? Creek, but not so successful Blackstock Hill. In January SI, he was defeated at Cowpens, ter returning to England he was ;cted to parliament and was there:er appointed major general. Hf is appointed major general in the uth and defeated Gates, at Camn, and Greene, at Guilford Court FOURTEEN SUNK IN 4S HOURS. I . German Submarines Semi to Uottoin! Total Gross Tonnage of 47,B0S. | A Saturday dispatch says: Fourteen steamers, with a total | gross tonnage of 47,698. have been; 5 sunk in the last forty-eight hours . by German submarines. This total [ establishes a record for the period. I Three other vessels reported torpedoed may add another 26.965 tons I to the aggregate destroyed in the . past two days. So far as known . there has been no loss of life, except in the sinking of the White Star liner I Arabic. The recrudescence of submarine . activity began August 12 and in the week ending August 18. the British j admiralty reports, thirteen vessels of _ a total tonnage of 22,970 were sunk, ~ eleven of them by underwater craft P and two by mines. This makes a total known loss of 70,668 tons of shipping in nine days. t Ten of the vessels sunk in the past , two days were British, three were , Norwegian and one was Spanish. , The largest vessel whose loss has , been confirmed was the Arabic, ot 15,801 tons. Reports that the Lap, land, 17,64 0 tons, and the Xicosian, , 6,369 tons, have been sunk have not been verified. The fate of the Duns' ley, 2,956 net tons, reported torpedoed just before the Arabic was sunk, has not been definitely determined. The British Press Association has denied the reported loss of the Bovic, * of 6,500 tons. J Underwater craft torpedoed Friday j the British steamers Restormel, 2,118 tons; Baron Erskine, 5,585 tons; x City of New York, 2,790 tons: Samaj ra. 3,908 tons: Gladiator, 3,359 tons; Bittern, 1,797 tons, and the Ben . Brachie, 3,908 tons; the Norwegian steamers Sveresborg. 674 tons, and Bras, 1,351 tons, and the Spanish 5 steamer Peria Castillo, 1,920 tons. The vessels Sunk Thursday were 3 the Arabic, 15,801 tons; Grodno, 1,- < ' 955 tons: Serbino, 2,205 tons, and ? Magda, 1,063 tons, a total of 21,- ' 024. All these were British except ' s the Magda, which was Norwegian. A submarine halted the Norwegian 1 mail steamer Irma, within Norwe! gian territorial waters, but disappeared before torpedoing the vessel 3 when warned by a Norwegian torpedo boat that the attack which apperently was intended would constitute a violation of neutrality. Loss of a British submarine in the sound with fifteen members of her crew is reported by London and Ber- _ lin, but London claims the boat ran \ aground, while Berlin says it was| "destroyed." - 1 Except for another serious reverse) | for Russian arms there were no j istriking developments in the day's; , | muiiary operauuus. oei uu iciiuh-i |led the fall of Novogeorgievsk, where . J the Muscovites made their last stand [ j in Poland, with the loss of 85,000 prisoners and a large bag of artillery. i The hard-pressed forces of Grand Dpke Nicholas, the Germans claim,! have been pushed back to Koterkakulva, southwest of Brest-Litovsk, i while they are being pursued east of = Kovno and have lost ground south of the Bug on the Brest-Litovsk line. The allies on Galljpoli peninsula are continuing their assaults on Turkish positions and the British left wing has made some progress, an official report asserts. An open rupture between Italy and Turkey apparently is rapidly approaching, according to dispatches from Rome. Reports from the same source assert that the entente powers have succeeded in inducing Serbia to agree to the immediate cession to Bulgaria of a part of Macedonia in exchange for the Bulgars' participation in the war. Why He Was Proud. A teacher in the McKinley school building in Muncie last spring offer- j ed a prijte to the pupil who would kill the most flies. The little boys and girls who were under this teacher's special charge at once became the envy of all the other pupils whose teachers were not in the prize-giving business. One day Donald, who is eight and under the tutelage of the "prize" teacher, said in a discouraged tone to a playmate, Charlie, who is in another room: "I just know I'll never win that prize. I can't find any flies over at our house." "Then you'd just better come over t' our house," said Charlie boastfully, "we've got millions of 'em." House, but was besieged at Yorktown by French and American armies and French fleet and was forced to i > canitulate on the 19th of October,] 17S1. With him fell the English cause in America. On returning to ; England he was made governor genI eral of India and afterwards was , master general of ordnance, with a . place in the cabinet. He was subse, quentlv appointed to the vice royal ty of Ireland, and afterwards pleni> potentiarv to negotiate the treaty o'' ? i Amiens, (1802.) His brother, Wil- \ liam. was a distinguished British ad; miral. - ' - - ??***-> - - - . . . - "JSi. .r - _ : I 1 I and the ability to do it that ? I I are needed in auto repairing. Cf 9 | The many owners or expensive if*T ? B Prirc trim ^titrncf oil mm B ?v -. J. B. BRICKLE Bicycles, Guns and Automobiles Repaired. Bamberg, S. C. A Card to Owners ? of Rural Telephone Lines ;|y 'v.^S We are anxious to see that all lines owned by other parties and connected with us are kept in such condition as to furnish efficient service. Where the owners of rural lines are responsible for their upkeep, we want to co-operate with them. All lines require a thorough overeauling occasionally if the best service is to be obtained. 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