Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical And Biographical
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Ofthe Whigs, Lieutenant Elliott was killed, and Captain Petit, who hadbeen sent in advance by Major Davie to examine the lane, the ford ofthe creek and the houses, and failing to do so, as carefully as wasproper, paid the penalty of neglect of duty by being wounded with twoof his men. Major Davie, who was noted for his vigilance, anticipatedsome attempt by the British and Tories to recover the prisoners, andhad taken, as he believed, all necessary precautions to prevent asurprise or ambuscade.
...Major Davie, in a manuscript account of this affair, now on file inthe archives of the Historical Society at Chapel Hill, leaves thisjudicious advice: "It furnishes a lesson to officers of partisan corps, that every officer of a detachment may, at some time, have its safety and reputation committed to him, and that the slightest neglect of duty is generally severely punished by an enemy. " Rocky Mount is on the west bank of the Wateree River (as the Catawbais called after its junction with Wateree Creek), thirty miles fromCamden, and was garrisoned by Colonel Turnbull with one hundred andfifty New York volunteers and some militia.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Ofthe Whigs, Lieutenant Elliott was killed, and Captain Petit, who hadbeen sent in advance by Major Davie to examine the lane, the ford ofthe creek and the houses, and failing to do so, as carefully as wasproper, paid the penalty of neglect of duty by being wounded with twoof his men. Major Davie, who was noted for his vigilance, anticipatedsome attempt by the British and Tories to recover the prisoners, andhad taken, as he believed, all necessary precautions to prevent asurprise or ambuscade.
...Major Davie, in a manuscript account of this affair, now on file inthe archives of the Historical Society at Chapel Hill, leaves thisjudicious advice: "It furnishes a lesson to officers of partisan corps, that every officer of a detachment may, at some time, have its safety and reputation committed to him, and that the slightest neglect of duty is generally severely punished by an enemy. " Rocky Mount is on the west bank of the Wateree River (as the Catawbais called after its junction with Wateree Creek), thirty miles fromCamden, and was garrisoned by Colonel Turnbull with one hundred andfifty New York volunteers and some militia.
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