Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . h Caro-lina being in execution, his lordship repaired toCharleston, leaving Lord Rawdon in command of thearmy. Meanwhile Major Davie returned to the coun-ty of Mecklenburgh as soon as he was recovered fromthe wounds received in the attack of Stono, and as-sembling some of his faithful associates of that district,took the field. Hovering near the British posts, he became ac-quainted with the intended movement of a convoy,with various supplies from Camden, to the enemyspost of Hanging Rock, which, amounting only to asmall company of infantry, was within the pow
Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . h Caro-lina being in execution, his lordship repaired toCharleston, leaving Lord Rawdon in command of thearmy. Meanwhile Major Davie returned to the coun-ty of Mecklenburgh as soon as he was recovered fromthe wounds received in the attack of Stono, and as-sembling some of his faithful associates of that district,took the field. Hovering near the British posts, he became ac-quainted with the intended movement of a convoy,with various supplies from Camden, to the enemyspost of Hanging Rock, which, amounting only to asmall company of infantry, was within the power ofDavies force. He made a rapid and long march inthe night, and having eluded the hostile patroles,gained the route of the convoy, five miles below Hang-ing Rock, before the break of day. Here he haltedin a concealed position. In a few hours the convoyappeared, and Davie, falling vigorously upon it, in-stantly overpowered its escort. The wagons andstores were destroyed; the prisoners, forty in number, AFFAIR AT HANGING ROCK. 33. Lord Rawdoii. were mounted on the wagon horses, and escorted bythe major, were safely brought within our hues. About the same time, Captain Huck, of Tarletonslegion, had been detached by Lieutenant-Colonel Turn-bull, commanding at Hanging Rock, to disperse someof the exiles of South Carolina, who had lately re-turned to the state, and were collecting in the neigh-bourhood of that place to assist in protecting thecountry. The captain, with forty dragoons, twenty 34 SERVICES IN THE REVOLUTION. mounted infantry, and sixty militia, ventured up thecountry, wliere the exiles he was ordered to disperse,attacked and destroyed his detachment. The captain,notorious for his cruelties and violence, was killed, aswere several others, and the rest dispersed. After the fall of Charleston, General Gates hadbeen summoned from his retreat in Virginia to com-mand the southern army. Virginia and North Carolinawere called upon to hasten reinforcements of militiato the so
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