"The officers of the two parties met, shook hands, took antofogmatic together which some provident souls had secured in portable flasks, and brought along to keep off the chill. (One has to wonder what an antofogmatic is?)
"The word was given 'to right about face' and we found ourselves retracing our steps toward Wilmington, the whole population of which, of all colors, orders, ages, sexes and condition, had apparently followed to see the fight & fun, or to gratify curiosity.
"And altho' North Carolina's latest & greatest historian (referring to John Hill Wheeler (18016-1882) author of "Historical Sketches of North Carolina from 1584-185.") has failed to record the mighty deed, long will the battle of Greenfield be imprinted on the memory of the people of Wilmington."
Only three participants of the battle were still alive when this account of the little-known battle was written in the 1850s.
No Bloodshed, Just Bites. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
No comments:
Post a Comment