When  the  enemy  charged  the  Maryland  Line,  Campbell
with  his  riflemen  made  a  spirited  attack  on  the  regiment
of  Boze,  on  the  British  right  wing,  and  drove  it  back ;  and
when  the  riflemen,  in  tiu'n,  were  charged  with  the  bayonet,
having  none  to  repel  them,  they  were  obliged  for  the
moment  to  retire,  still  loading  and  firing,  however,  on
their  pursuers,  and  thus,  whether  charging  or  retiring,
kept  up  a  destnictive  fire  on  these  veteran  German  sub-
sidiaries. So  severely  did  Campbell's  riflemen  handle
his  right  wing,  that  Lord  Cornwallis  was  obliged  to  order
Tarleton  to  extricate  it,  and  bring  it  ofl".  By  this  time  Lee
had  retired  with  his  cavalry,  without  apprising  Campbell  of
his  movement;  and  the  result  was,  that  the  riflemen  were
swept  from   the  field.*


nessee,  and  Major  Herndon  Haralson,  of  Brownsville,  Tennessee,  in  1844,  and  Benjamin
Starritt,  all  participants  in  the  action ;  Tarleton's  Campaigns,  135  ;  Stedman,  ii,  336  ;  Lees
Memoirs,  revised  ed.,  265-67;  Greene,  in  Letter  to  Washington,  iii,  260;  Johnson's  Greene,
i,  462-63:  Greene's  Greene,  iii,  188.
*  MS.  Notes  of  conversations  with  Benjamin  Starritt,  of  Lee's  Legion;  Tarleton's
Campaigns,  270-71,  275-76;  Stedman.  with  MS  marginal  notes  by  Captain  J.  R.  Whitford,
".  337»  343:  Lee's  Memoirs,  new  ed.,  276-83;  Johnson  Greene,  ii.  6;  Lossing's  Field  Book,
ii,  402.  403  :  Bancroft,  -y,  476-79  ;  Dawson's  Battles,  ii,  665-67.  MS.  Letter  of  Hon.  W.  C.
Preston,  to  the  author,  July  loth,  1840.
