All the remainder, with the baggage of the whole (saving such as is absolutely necessary for light troops), will march immediately for this town.

You will please take command of the light infantry until Lieut.Col.Henderson arrives, which I expect will be in a few days.

After that, I wish to see you as soon as possible in Charleston." In the February following, Marion was dispatched to Bacon's Bridge on Ashley river, where Moultrie had established a camp for the reception of the militia of the neighborhood, as well as those which had been summoned from the interior.

It was to Marion that Lincoln chiefly looked for the proper drilling of the militia.

In his hands they lost the rude and inefficient character, the inexpert and spiritless manner, which, under ordinary commanders, always distinguish them.