Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Bruce, Charles February 11, 1781
Revwar - Letters 
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Papers Of General Nathanael Greene, Vol. 7, Page 282:
      From Colonel Otho H. Williams, Camp [at Charles Bruce’s], NC, ‘Sunday 
Morn, 9 o’clock, 11th February, 1781. Is ‘seven miles northwest’ of Guilford. 
Received a report ‘this morning’ that the British had advanced six miles from 
Salem by early ‘yesterday’ afternoon. Is not sure of their route, but ‘will 
search diligently’ for them. As he expects Colonel [Banastre] Tarleton to 
pursue ‘the baggage with Captain Marbury at Dan [River],’ Williams ‘will move 
in that direction.’ ALS (Greene Papers DLC) 1 page.
{Colonel Otho Williams was appointed to replace General Daniel Morgan to 
command all the Light Infantry and Cavalry of the army.] In a footnote, from 
Lee’s Memoirs, 1: 277, Colonel Henry Lee, whose legion served as the 
detachment’s rear guard, described its initial march from Guilford Courthouse 
as follows:

	“The greater the distance between the main body of the army and the 
light troops, the surer would be Greene’s retreat. Williams, therefore, soon 
after breaking up from Guilford Courthouse on the 10th, inclined to the left, 
for the purpose of throwing himself in front of Lord Cornwallis. The movement 
was judicious, and had an immediate effect. His lordship, finding a corps of 
horse and foot close in front, whose strength and object were not immediately 
ascertainable, checked the rapidity of his march to give time for his long 
extended line to condense.”


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