. Battles of the United States, by sea and land : embracing those of the revolutionary and Indian wars, the war of 1812, and the Mexican war : with important official documents. they were still in con Grahams Morgan, p. 300; Moultries Mem., ii. ; Lees Mem., p. 132 ; Ramsays Am. Kev., ii. p. 233. The whole of Col. Pickens command then kept upa fire by regiments, retreating agreeably to t/ieir orders.^— to Oen. Greene, Jan. 19,1781. They were orderedto give a single fire as the enemy approached, and then tofall back Into the intervals which were left for them inthe centre by the
. Battles of the United States, by sea and land : embracing those of the revolutionary and Indian wars, the war of 1812, and the Mexican war : with important official documents. they were still in con Grahams Morgan, p. 300; Moultries Mem., ii. ; Lees Mem., p. 132 ; Ramsays Am. Kev., ii. p. 233. The whole of Col. Pickens command then kept upa fire by regiments, retreating agreeably to t/ieir orders.^— to Oen. Greene, Jan. 19,1781. They were orderedto give a single fire as the enemy approached, and then tofall back Into the intervals which were left for them inthe centre by the other battalions of militia. As it wasnot expected that the militia could long maintain theirground, they were ordered to keep up a retreating fire hyregiments till they should pass the Continental troops, onwhose right they were directed again to hrm.—Mar-shalls Washington, iv. p. 401. Tarleton, p. 216 ; Lees Mem., p. 132 ; Stedman, ii. ; Hist. Civil War in America, iii. p. 153 ; KamsaysAm. Kev., ii. p. 233.—* Lees Mem., p. 132. Grahams Morgan, p. 301 ; Tarleton, p. 216 ; LeesMem., p. 132 ; Stedman, ii. p. 322 ; Hist. Civil War inAmerica, iii. pp. 153, Q < 3 1 ^ i 1 1^ a g Chap. LXXXII.] THE BATTLE AT THE COWPENS, S. C. 651 fu-<ion, tliey were driven hack with oou-siilerahle loss*/ the former was receivedMith the greatest coolness by Lieuten-uut-coloiiel Howard and his men, andthe contest was maintained with greatobstinacy.* Each party, animated bythe example of its leader, contended,nobly, for the victory; yet neithershowed any signs of uneasiness, or fal-tered in the discharge of its duty. Atlength, hoping, by that means, to closethe contest. Lieutenant-colonel Tarletonoidered the reserve—the Seventy-firstregiment—to advance, with orders topass, on the extreme left of his line,and a little in advance of it, and todeliver its fire; the cavalry still faitherto the left, with orders to turn theright flank of the American line.*When the Seventy-first
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