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mention, Capt Benjamin Williams (since Governor of N.C
his brother John P. Williams, Elam Hall, Thomas Blount,
his brothers William, and Redding Blount. The day being
very warm, as we were running I saw Col. Archibald Lytle
of our regiment, lying under an apple tree. I spoke to these officers
and paticularly to Benj Williams, and told him there lay our
Colonel and they ought to stop and see if he was alive. They all
refused. I went myself and found he was alive and asked
him where he was hit, he told me he was not hit at all, but
was worse off, why what is the matter, He told me there was
no skin below the band of his breeches, he had given his horse
in the morning to his servant, a soldier by the name of Ned
Goodman, with orders to keep near in the rear and come
with his horse when called for, but instead of obeying orders
made off with the horse and left his Col in the field all day
on foot with his regimentals and which together with the heat of
the day galled the skin off and caused him to submit to his
misfortunes. I told him to rise that the British were coming
fast behind, he said though they should quarter him he could
not move I told him he must and laid hold on him and
raised him to sitting, and got behind him and raised hi,
to his feet. He begged me to let him alone for I would kill
him. I saw an acquaintance of mine coming can called to
him to come to me. he asked what I wanted I told him that
Col Lytle was there and could not move. he at first
refused but I told himit would do leave our col.
There he must come and help me along with him, he did