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(Originally published in 1882, this is a lecture by Confed...)
Originally published in 1882, this is a lecture by Confederate General Abraham Buford from Kentucky, who, after the Civil War was a racehorse owner and breeder.
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Abraham Buford was born on July 31, 1749 in Culpeper County, Virginia, the son of John and Judith Beauford. He was descended from Richard Beauford who emigrated from England about 1635 and some years later received grants of land along the Rappahannock River.
In the first year of the Revolution he raised a company of minutemen from his county, and had a share in the operations which resulted in the expulsion of the royal governor, Lord Dunmore. He served throughout the war, in the earlier years with the army in the North, and later under Morgan. He was commissioned major of the 14th Virginia November 13, 1776, lieutenant-colonel 5th Virginia April 1, 1777, and colonel May 15, 1778, taking command of the 11th Virginia September 14, 1778, and of the 3rd Virginia February 12, 1781.
Early in 1780 the condition of affairs at Charleston became precarious. Buford enlisted recruits for its relief, marched southward, and had reached a point on the Santee River when he learned that the city had capitulated. He was ordered by General Huger to return to North Carolina, removing or destroying the military stores. His little army numbered about 300 to 400 men.
To intercept him, Lord Cornwallis dispatched 270 men under Colonel Tarleton, and by forced marches this famous cavalry commander overtook Buford at the Waxhaws, a locality nine miles from Lancaster, near the state boundary.
A parley ensued; the events following are a matter of controversy.
American historians have usually charged Tarleton with treachery. John Marshall gives the common American view: Tarleton "demanded a surrender on the terms which had been granted to the garrison of Charleston. This was refused. While the flags were passing, Tarleton continued to make his depositions for the assault, and the instant the truce was over, his cavalry made a furious charge on the Americans, who had received no orders to engage, and who seem to have been uncertain whether to defend themselves or not. In this state of dismay and confusion, some fired on the assailants, while others threw down their arms and begged for quarter. None was given". The Americans lost 113 killed, and about 200 prisoners, of whom about 150 were badly wounded.
All the stores were captured, and Buford with a remnant of his force was saved only by rapid flight. "Tarleton's Quarter" became proverbial; "Buford" was the countersign of the day of the frontiersmen who a few months later stormed King's Mountain. Tarleton himself defended his course, as we have seen, and Cornwallis in a dispatch to Clinton recommended him for especial favor. But the contemporary English historian, Stedman, observed, "The virtue of humanity was totally forgot. " After the war, Buford received warrants for land grants, and bought the claims of his brother.
Migrating to Kentucky, he became a deputy surveyor, and located his grants in the Blue Grass region and elsewhere. He settled near Georgetown in Scott County, where he possessed a fine estate, entertained many persons of prominence, and died.
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Quotations: His own account is: "A report among the cavalry that they had lost their commanding officer (when his horse was shot) stimulated the soldiers to a vindictive asperity not easily restrained".
In October 1788 he was married to Martha, daughter of Judge Samuel and Mary (McClung) McDowell.
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