Show SEATTLE BATTLE OF eings KINGS I 1 bathe pursuit the americans passed near where several large parties of tones tories were col 1 electing lec ting at the cow pens sixty men under col con hambright and major chronicle of oi Tryon 4 coun country and col williams with the south sauth cari car 4 olina troops joined them 1 here they were informed that a body of six j hundred tories lories were assembled at major M jor gibus gibbs four miles to their hight right and would j join oin oln i F erga I 1 sati son the next day theise these they did not take fake tithe i 6 to molest the riflemen 11 from the mountains i 1 hiat rhea out to catch Fergus ferguson ou hie tie was thi heir U object and aria far for the last thirty six hours of f tle tie tile file pursuit they never alighted from their bar har I 1 ses but once to refresh fa fot SOT an hour at t tle tie h e cow pen although the th day odthe of the battle was so extremely weft hav hat the 1 only leep their beirl guns gulls dry by wrapping ing their blankets fand find and liun haunting ting shirts arlund around around the locks thus exposing posing gohei their thein r bodies to a heavy and incessant inc essiet 1 rain the trail every hour became more fres fresh n and the americans hurried with eagerness afar I 1 he prey which h they determined should not escape their grasp n the advance met some ame unarmed men who were fresh from ferguson s camp a short halt was made and these the se men were vere closely 1 ed from them ii i was ascertained that the ine fre enemy was encamped three miles beffre hel arld arid wee were to march next morning tj to ird erd corneal Corni vival cival 1 is s headquarters head bead quarters his has was as acc abc accurately u i ra tely described and the route to the camp app minu minutely t T g given ven col arid sobo sono son of his r cierri were vere well weli acquainted vieb ige the te shape of ta the and the he app approaches approached roache s to I 1 t it was now abw after aate twelve tv elve eive 0 clock the liin rain nain rain had ceas nea edthe clouds were li passing shone and nature seemed to smile lupori upon the enterprise at hand it was determined to march at once upon the cam camp and nd dec dee deolda decide ide the conflict ovit kvit without hout further rest or Te freshmen li t eadi bac man inn was vas ordered to oie ole fie up his big fer ver overcoat over coat and lachet blan bian ket het throw the priming primi pt out of has his h s pan pon pick his hole prim prime e anew aney examine his bullet and see soe that I 1 everything ry th ino ing was in readiness for baties batles bat tiep vlee N while virle virte this was as beihl tein done the agreed vos the general plan of r attack which was to surround the eminence and make a simultaneous eoa assault upon every part of the camp the inin iain nen were ere soon in their saddles and upon theli their march when within a anile of the battle ground an express from ferguson was arrested on whom was found a despatch to lord cornwallis urging argin Z him to send immediate reinforce ments and stating the number under tinder his cam corm corn mand and that he was securely encamped up on ahill a hill which in honor of his hii majesty he had bad named kings mountain and cfall if all ali there bels out of h b 11 should attack him they would not no drive him from it the contents of the despatch were with the exception of tae the number af oath pf the enemy comm communicated to the riflemen the ahe march was wag resumed their pace quickened and they rode in in a gail gallop op within view cf the camp of ferguson A closer examination of the ground and the ca of the enemy demonstrated the feasibility 14 odthe of the plan of attack taek tack already concerted by the of liers officers more alore minute arrangements were immediately made and arid carried into execution yat was decided that the troops commanded by bv M inston and campbell being n something more than half of the whole berof the assailant assailants after tying their thel corp hor ho rp should file to the right and pasi the mountain nearly dearly out of reach of the atins andren dinue around it till they should meet th the 0 rp epst tj of hof the troops the tile mountain on 0 n its is other side and led ty EI ambright and aud Willi williams ains after which aich each coQ cog nL as to cid rid I 1 t front raise the indian Indi anwar MI va r f h 0 I 1 a avarice upon fht he enemy lemy ez IR j f dyald dY pc t accordingly cora cord i noly naly the troops ote ove forward jani jand aAd pj passing up a ravine be between two f rocky ac j knolls came in full view of the en ernys ernis c camp a mp abo above re them oue cue hundred poes poles in irr front here they dismounted and having tie tle tied 4 ahe their jr horses hors esIP lift li ft a small guard with imal the m the right wing or column was led by winston and SP e f by cleveland and an dWilliams williams the ceen clen centre re was composed bf carli Carlf ls ui n ori orl they them right and Shel She bys on the left havig formed his i a niska oie pie atthe same ame time tk the assigned a him ili lil n under U n ger der pilots selected from col coi r men wha who mere were aliha jamili at with the i ground I 1 on its march arlund the mountain he tig tight jig ht column discovered that there were two caps yaps id atheridge the ridge atthe agthe enemy a left flank one onel cabout twenty poles from it the other gifty fifty it was decided to pasa yasa through t the latter I 1 about thu the time lime they entered it the loneray bi began bigando ganto to fire on 66 them the fire at first dionot baing attract attention until some edme of men being w officer and I 1 I 1 mcdowell deter tm mined p ined to return the fire arld alid before th they er had 1 crossed the fida 1 e broka off tb towards wards th the e enemy 1 the rhe t gap nearest re arest his il camp and nd capp red ed their rifles with grea the rest orae column ader campbeli campbell as a perl peri ded the mountain and aud poured pailie A in r deadly i 6 r T 1 the h enemy posted upon its its su summit amit rhe the i ag bocam so q heavy heaby as 49 to attract the at I 1 0 f fergason who immediately brought drought j pp ap apart of his regulars regp lars from the other endom end of the line tid charge was inide e upon the american right by the britis british h regulars I 1 and 1 the tories I 1 i I 1 i I 1 Thi change charge ge pushed mcdowall McDo waIl wall shelby sheiby and campbell down the mountain at this mo merit meny menothe the left column col coi unity tinder under Hamb right haht chion chinn ch ron biele tee iee vereland cleveland and had d driven ih the benamy enemy s at theather the thet ther extremity of the encampment and advancing up the mour mout itam poured in a uell weli 01 directed gir fir r on anthe t e I 1 acte d here re by b tda iva wagons t defence f n e and alrh by h liti iiii kater his his hig second tn command was wa immediately I 1 mmel recalled rt called ordered order dd in info line on gli oll th ton af pf the bilge P and directed to nd make eke a char ge mih vh all the regul regulars irs tipon upon th the americans Arni laan iaan at a ia that at end of cathe the encampment en 1 on his passa nassa hassage passage e the ehfe of rr du bu 1 rec received iye lye afire from the ahe south m anth carolinians under tee tio tid regulars regp lars were awn rallied made a desperate chars gna and drove the rif riflemen lemento to ti ure Uie lefoot foot of 0 tho hill lilee shere aflee ma mo jon jor chronicle fell i in the mean meon time tune the recall of from the charice at tle tie abe ozithe mountain jaouni aln ain cave eve the appearance ere eta era afa te ae tx paton faton on ih the e mort wrt aar th erbe elbr anuil antii 6 che rhe then men tin un der lder shelby SheIby hiving i arm rod r the first cht chi charre charge ree i tile tiie ery cry nas was aloys hl j itley arb arl re cn apon nyon t 11 1 1 f the toley ad vinced with 1 geat aj lass uy up the lb mil almos aimos to 0 o the line othe piment an annd d frer some teme time a deadly JA J A y fhe tary ri n fet fergson feim FerM won pon son as as before acid pd ed to in res resort rt td ta the ha ayone bpi but pj had dadeo so thin pa the raulis r ixos llis of the eulars gu larb lars that bandle bandie ille e dieb dieu was i 14 opted of the handies handle a of th lb bi nives and adapting thein thern io to tile the inn musses ales aies of the t be tory lory lory tory 4 of thus Us in ing ahei lhea HI in hp the cb arge arff alvith with IA la lae e thomb r of ili lii his ulue P dup Pup vister aister returned to 4 girst first nosi tn and made charde charge it tas is bhurl onn alrid and feebly e aud aad the lie regulars within their lines lilies f L 1 al almut alnut lit this ibis tun the front orthe of the two american rifen columns hadgmet had met mei and tharin the army of fergson Fer guon nas was the riflemen their firing afa bia me incessant and general in all quarters qu arters bit bat especially at the two enlis enus of the erf fihe tibe sevier pressed against I 1 ts c 1 aad and was char I 1 gred eed u upon on by y the tho regulars regular the conflict here became stubborn born and drew t it much of the elt Pit force this enabled d shelby and carup calop bell to re reach achand and hold tha th crest of the moun mountain tain I 1 on oa all sides frow tiow ahe fira fire was brisk and i deadly and the bayonet tho less lass vigorous vic vis orous were frequent in n all cases where i the tb ene enemy triv charged the Ameri americans canson wi one side of the hill those on on theother the tho other thought he was and advanced near to the summit but dut in in all ali these move movements ments the lefkof ferge sont bont sons lifie litts was gradually t receding and arid the A nir m were p plying their riffe rifles s with tei tel terrible effect fergus Fergas bb w was as still in the heat heit of battier battler with characteristic ce coolness and caring he ordered captain Ji poster istar to reinforce a position about oge one yards dise dist distant lit tit with his regulars but wone wore fora fore they reached i it t they were thinned lo to 10 inu inn burh h by the amerian american rifles to render any eife effe effectual emual support he then order ordered d his cavalry to mount with a plew piew nf if macinga ma kinga desperate onset at their I 1 head but these only presented a better mark I 1 for the te rifle and feli fell asfalt as fast althey as they could mount their horses he rode from one end of his hig line i tn to the other encouraging his men to prolong 1 the conflict with desperate de sperate coura rehe gehe passed I 1 from orle one exposed point to another of equal danger cen een HP he eifried in his aou wounded hand band a shrill silver sliver whistle whose signal was vas uni t 1 I 1 ver verbally willy known through th the e ranks was of f im in mense em service throughout the battle and gave a hind kind of ubiquity to his hia movements but dut the A AmerS lans Sans having reached the top the were com compressing ards the aa i jr 1 t the e as encampment yas ras M yio ylo ont oni ra e e was wis raised by the orl lories dories ori Rs in token of surrender g bergum Fegus Fer gum lon ion rode lip 1 to it addi r d V i down down 4 4 second flag was raised at the thie ot herAnd of the I 1 line itne d e e jre jae ie rode there ti too 6 and ci cut it down uth mth with his is sword he was wat frequently admonished by eur our render but his proud spirit could not deign delga to etva IT 16 to aliw raw and undisciplined militia when the second flag was cut down D dupois s ter renewed flis fiks h s admon admonition i mer ion lon to this h ahe she jle jie replied by tj declaring lie he would woula nev er surrender ta td such stich a damned set of as the mountain men I 1 ahil they admired I 1 ing irli spirit of ferguson ergus erguson oi had noticed pa ha ever his voice pr or whistle was wag heard heen my inspired tp another orally y I 1 they behead I 1 that while he bo survived his desperate cpr courage rage would not permit permia a surrender lie lle tell fell soon af ter and immediately expired the forward movement hof loi all the american 1 column columns brought them on A lev elAth elUh the ene 1 mys mya guns which heretofore irk ift most roost instances esy est had heads head the horizontal fire of the regulars was now considerably fatal jatal but I 1 the rapid advance ad varice of the flemen i soon J ed both them and the tories lories 1 who being crowded close together ana and cooped up in ili a space amerlean bythe balth eti eri surrounding pressure of the theamer american troops and fatally galled by their incesT ahl a 1 nt fire e I 1 lost lot all t urther hope from further le l e stance distance sis si tance lance who in n cornland further htiu et ruggle struggle agle I 1 was in vain white vahit flag dagand aagard Aa gand and exclaim ed td far quarters quarto fers rs A gener general I 1 A est esi of the ai A j i merican fire followed but this cessation j war aa noti lot complete com fief rief some of the ild youaw ouno P men rhin did brict un der de stand the rn meaning eagins of a while white fleg others wio did P knezy kne V that other othel flags flaus P had bad been lia tia raised lIed before and were quickly taken to keri down I 1 i shelby halhed hal ped out olt to them 40 wn i their thel guns As jas all would 1 understand tha as a surrender this thip yv was as immedi immediately I 1 ate done the phe f arms were n now v lying ig front of a tle tie ane prisoners without ily any orders shon show how alo P L dispose of kiem fiew bear 1 1901 shelby seeing the facility with the enemy could resume e their guns exclaimed j good rd god we doin dain do da doln in this confusion I 1 i f we awe can order the from thein their arms I 1 said sawyers lyas YAs sald said shelby that can be done the prisoners were accordingly marchl 1 ed to another place andi and i there surrounded b by a double guard i I I 1 the tha battle of kin ein kings kingg F mountain t lasted about I 1 danhour lan jan an hour the loss of the enemy eastwo wag was two hundred adred and twenty five killed onet ones hundred and eighty wounded ded seven sevena hundred vt prisoners lson ison erd erg gif fit 1 teen hundred aundre d s stand of farin farih arias and d a great daany horses borses and ans wagons loaded bided with supplies and i kind taden ta Een by the tories lories from the ea 1 i n il i fa ny i ater ibis U i 1 1 I 1 t iti iii |