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But in the act Tarleton snatched a pistol from his holster and let drive at our colonel , wounding him in the knee , so we did not come off scatheless . This pistoling of Colonel Washington by the British commander skimmed a little of the cream from our great and glorious victory . 'T was no serious hurt , but wanting it I make no doubt we should have ridden down the flying dragoons , adding them , and their doughty colonel to boot , to the five-hundred-odd prisoners we took . The battle fought and won , -- 't was over and done with two full hours before noon , -- Dan Morgan knew well what must befall , lacking the swiftest after-doing on our part . With Greene near a hundred miles away , and my Lord Cornwallis less than three hours ' gallop to the southward on Turkey Creek , the time was come for the hastiest welding of our little army with that of the general-in-command ; if , indeed , the promptest running would take us to the upper fords of the Catawba before Cornwallis should intervene and cut us off . Accordingly , Jennifer and I were detailed to carry the news of the victory to Greene 's camp at Cheraw Hill ; and when we rode away on the warm trail of the flying British , we left Dan Morgan 's men hard at it , burning the heavy impedimenta of the capture , and otherwise making ready for the swiftest of forced marches to the north . ` Twould be a thankless task to take you with us stage by stage on our cross-country gallop to advertise General Greene of the victory at the cow pastures .