1085. CAMPBELL (Col.), Battle of King's Mountain.—
Your favor * * *
gives me the first information * * * that
the laurels which Colonel Campbell so honorably
won in the battle of King's Mountain had
ever been brought into question by any one.
To him has been ever ascribed so much of the
success of that brilliant action as the valor and
conduct of an able commander might justly
claim. * * * It was the joyful annunciation
of that turn of the tide of success which
terminated the Revolutionary war with the seal
of our Independence. * * * The descendants
of Colonel Campbell may rest their heads
quietly on the pillow of his renown. History
has consecrated, and will forever preserve it
in the faithful annals of a grateful country.—
To John Campbell. Washington ed. vii, 268.
(M.
1822)
