Visited  Maj.  Lewis,  his  brothers,  and  Capt.  Smith,  all  of  Cleveland
regiment,  and  all  wounded,  when  billeted  in  Burke  County  ;  when  in  a
conversation  on  the  battle,  Maj.  Lewis  said :  "Boys,  I  believe  you  all
did  your  duty,  and  deserve  well  for  it,  but  let  me  tell  you,  had  it  not
been  for  Campbell  and  his  Virginians,  I'll  be  d — d  if  Ferguson  would
not  have  been  on  that  mountain  yet,  had  he  chosen  to  stay  there."

In  May  following.  Col.  Newell  further  states  :     I  saw  Col,  Campbell


'  Gov.  Campbell,  adds,  in  explanation,  that  this  is  a  slip  of  the  pen — it  should  be  yards.
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leading  his  men  the  moment  the  British  broke  ;  and  what  infatuation
could  then  induce  Col.  Campbell  to  turn  his  back,  and  run  from  his  own
victorious  troops,  and  a  defeated  enemy  ?  It  is  inconceivable — incredible
— impossible  !  I  have  ever  believed  that  not  more  than  one-half  of  our
regiment,  that  is  two  hundred,  were  in  the  battle — the  rest  being  left
behind.  Thirty-five  of  the  killed  and  wounded  were  of  our  regiment,
thirteen  of  whom  were  commissioned  officers  ;  and  no  regiment  or  corps
gained  the  summit  of  the  hill  until  the  Virginia  regiment  opened  the
way  for  them.  Col.  Shelby  and  his  brother  state,  that  they  knew  Col.
