What to see in America . 0. Three thousand patriottroops under the incompetent management of General Gates suffered the mostdisastrous defeat ever in-flicted on an Americanarmy. Cornwallis, theBritish commander,though he had only twothousand men, swept theopposing army out ofexistence. The next Jan-uary nine hundred Amer-icans, after retreatingbefore a somewhat largerenemy force led by thebrave cavalry com-mander, Tarleton, madea stand on a grazingground known as theCowpens near the stateline northwest of Colum-bia. The British attackedvigorously at daybreak,but were very cleverly out-maneuver
What to see in America . 0. Three thousand patriottroops under the incompetent management of General Gates suffered the mostdisastrous defeat ever in-flicted on an Americanarmy. Cornwallis, theBritish commander,though he had only twothousand men, swept theopposing army out ofexistence. The next Jan-uary nine hundred Amer-icans, after retreatingbefore a somewhat largerenemy force led by thebrave cavalry com-mander, Tarleton, madea stand on a grazingground known as theCowpens near the stateline northwest of Colum-bia. The British attackedvigorously at daybreak,but were very cleverly out-maneuvered and three quartersof them surrendered. In September the Americans, com-manded by Gen. Greene, were again victorious in the Battleof Eutaw Springs, about sixty miles southeast of , which was the colonial capital of South Caro-lina, was succeeded by Columbia in 1790 for the sake of amore central situation. The latter is an attractive city withabundant water power, which has resulted in the development. Brosstown Upper Falls South Carolina 175 of a considerable manufacturing industry. Here are thelargest cotton mills in the South. When the place was cap-tured by the Federals in February, 1865, much of it wasburned, including the State House, a convent, severalchurches, and a vast quantity of cotton. The Confederatesand Federals each accused the other of starting the fire, andthe question of responsibility for it has never been settled. About fifty miles southwest of the capital is Aiken, thepopular winter resort, surrounded by vast forests of fragrantpines that grow in a soil of white sand. Among the amuse-ments offered are fox-hunting, racing, polo, tennis, cricket,and golfing. Sassafras Mountain, in the Blue Ridge Range on the NorthCarolina boundary, is the states loftiest height, with analtitude of 3548 feet. The people are nicknamed Weasels,a term more especially applied to the natives of the back-woods.
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