[The Life of Francis Marion by William Gilmore Simms]@TWC D-Link bookThe Life of Francis Marion CHAPTER 7 43/49
But it was too late for a retrograde movement, nor is it likely, feeling as he did and sanguine as he was, that Gates would have believed any such movement necessary.
The ground was equally unknown to both commanders; but Cornwallis had one advantage: he was in the command of veterans, who are generally cool enough in such situations to look about them, and make the most of their exigencies.
The American line was soon formed and in waiting for the dawn and the enemy.
The first Maryland division, including the Delawares under De Kalb, was posted on the right; the Virginia militia under Stevens on the left; the North Carolinians, led by Caswell in the centre; and the artillery, in battery, upon the road.
Both wings rested on morasses, and the second Maryland brigade was posted as a reserve, a few hundred yards in the rear of the first.
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