I think I am giving you a general; but what can a general do without men, without arms, without clothing, without stores, without provisions ?" About the same time the legion of Lee was ordered into South Carolina.
[Sidenote: Arrives in camp.] Greene hastened to the army he was to command; and, on the second of December, reached Charlotte, then its head quarters.

Soon after his arrival in camp, he was gratified with the intelligence of a small piece of good fortune obtained by the address of Lieutenant Colonel Washington.
Smallwood, having received information that a body of royal militia had entered the country in which he foraged, for the purpose of intercepting his wagons, detached Morgan and Washington against them.
Intelligence of Morgan's approach being received, the party retreated; but Colonel Washington, being able to move with more celerity than the infantry, resolved to make an attempt on another party, which was stationed at Rugely's farm, within thirteen miles of Camden.

He found them posted in a logged barn, strongly secured by abattis, and inaccessible to cavalry.

Force being of no avail, he resorted to the following stratagem.

Having painted the trunk of a pine, and mounted it on a carriage so as to resemble a field piece, he paraded it in front of the enemy, and demanded a surrender.