Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . s retreat. Tarle-ton, seeing that with his whole force he could not bein time to prevent this movement, adopted his formerplan of pushing forward with two hundred and fiftycavalry and mounted infantry. He found his oppo-nent strongly posted on the bank of the river, andwith his wonted promptitude rushed forward to theattack. The conflict, however, was obstinate andbloody, and Tarleton was finally obliged, with con-siderable loss, to fall back on his infantry. Sumpterthen crossed the river; but being wounded in the ac-tion himself, and rendered incapable of se
Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . s retreat. Tarle-ton, seeing that with his whole force he could not bein time to prevent this movement, adopted his formerplan of pushing forward with two hundred and fiftycavalry and mounted infantry. He found his oppo-nent strongly posted on the bank of the river, andwith his wonted promptitude rushed forward to theattack. The conflict, however, was obstinate andbloody, and Tarleton was finally obliged, with con-siderable loss, to fall back on his infantry. Sumpterthen crossed the river; but being wounded in the ac-tion himself, and rendered incapable of service forsome months, his opponent reaped the fruits of thevictory. Gates, meantime, used diligent exertions to collectand reorganize the remains of his defeated army;and Congress, amid every difficulty, forwarded to himreinforcements. His defeat at Camden, however, be-ing regarded as the effect of his own imprudence,Congress removed him from the command, and ap-pointed General Greene to succeed him. 48 SERVICES IN THE General Greene. When Greene arrived, on the 2d of December, thearmy had been raised to nearly two thousand men,of whom the larger number were regulars. Deter-mining by some movement to support the cause inSouth Carolina, he detached General Morgan, a veryable partisan officer, to take post on the Broad River,and endeavour to cut off Cornwallis, then at Winns-borough, from the upper country. He had aboutsix hundred men, with the expectation of assembling BATTLE OF cow PENS. 49 more in the district. On learning this movement,Tarleton was immediately despatched with one thou-sand men to resist the inroad. The x4merican general at first abandoned his camp,and began a rapid retreat; but, finding tiiis difficult,and his force being nearly equal, he resolved to awaitthe attack at Cowpens, a spot three miles from theboundary of the Carolinas. Avoiding the fault ofGates, he disposed his militia in front, keeping in re-serve a chosen body, on whom he could ful
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