58 .-- The result of this fierce engagement seems to have broken the spirit of the nation.

They had chosen the position of greatest strength to make their stand, and brought to the struggle their best spirits and bravest warriors.

In the issue, they had shown, by their dogged and determined valor, the great importance which it carried in their eyes.

The day once decided against them, they appeared to be equally without heart and hope; they no longer appeared in arms--no longer offered defence--and the army of the Carolinians marched through the heart of the nation, searching its secret settlements, and everywhere inflicting the severest penalties of war.

The rest of the campaign was an easy progress, and terrible was the retribution which it brought with it.