The Poor Go To War While The Rich Run Away!

In the War of Independence, it was the Poor who did all the fighting, while the Rich Loyalists ran away to Canada – because they had something to loose, and nothing to gain! Owning money, and not Liberty, was the name of their game – till this very day! When Bush and his foreign deregulators sank our economy, the Rich turned tail and ran to Madison Avenue crying; “Make us some fake poor patriotic people so we can hide behind them use, use them to protect us!”

When the Poor People of America serve their country in the Armed Forces, they are put on the front line, where the chances one will give their life for their Country – is very high. The Rich pass out desk jobs back in the States, and send their sons to college to avoid the draft. They then complain about paying too much Income Tax to help support Poor People whose sons and daughters come home from foreign wars, draped in the American flag.

My great, great, grandfather fought the Brits in South Carolina. His brother, Samuel Rosemon fought them at Kettle Creek.

TAKE BACK OUR ARMED FORCES! DEFEND THE POOR FOLKS AT HOME!

Jon ‘The New Walloon’

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Battle of Kettle Creek
About North Georgia
The backwoods frontier of North Georgia held challenges for the British Army. As Britain prepared to withdraw from Augusta Colonel James(?) Boyd was ordered to scout the area. Word had reached the British that a few hardy farmers in North Georgia had set up a government at a place called Fort Heard (present-day Washington, Georgia). When 700 loyalists set up camp along Kettle Creek on February 14, 1779, less than a day’s march from Fort Heard, they knew to be prepared for an attack. Only a couple of days before, on February 11, 100 Patriots attack them while crossing Van(n)’s Creek in spite of the patriots being heavily outnumbered.

Things were not going well for the Loyalists. Boyd expected additional men to assist in a strike against the Patriots. His men are not regulars and dissension filled the ranks. And the skirmish at Vann’s Creek alerted Colonels John Dooly and Andrew Pickens to the Loyalist’s presence in Wilkes County. As was the custom, the Loyalists sent scavengers out to find food. This morning about 150 men were out searching for food when Pickens attacked there camp near Kettle Creek.

With a combined total of 340 men, the Patriots attacked in three columns, Col. Dooly on the right, Pickens in the middle and Elijah Clark, Dooly’s second in command on the left. A small advance guard is sent in front of the columns to scout the enemy. Col. Pickens scouts were surprised by Boyd’s Loyalist sentries and opened fire.

Alerted to the attack by the sound of gunfire, Boyd rallied his men and advanced with a small group to the top of a nearby hill, where they waited behind rocks and fallen trees for the Patriots to arrive. To the left and right the men under command of Dooly and Clarke began having problems crossing the high water of the creek and nearby swamps.

Pickens continued his advance to the fence on top of the hill, where Boyd’s men awaited the advancing Americans. On the approach of Pickens, the Loyalists opened fire. Men at the lead of the Patriot column fell victim to the first rounds. Clarke and Dooly, unable to advance quickly through the cane, were helpless. By all accounts, outnumbered and caught by surprise, the Patriots were clearly losing the battle.

After the successful ambush, Boyd ordered his men to retreat to the camp by Kettle Creek. In one of those events frequently labeled as fate, Boyd falls to the ground, dying from a musket ball. Seeing this, his troops panic and an orderly withdrawal turned into a nightmare for the 600 men under his command.

Pickens rallied and advanced his men towards the Loyalist camp. At the same time Dooly’s men emerged from the swamp. Surrounded on three fronts, with the creek to their back, about 450 Tories followed Boyd’s second in command, Major Spurgen, across Kettle Creek.

While the Loyalists crossed the creek, Lt. Col Elijah Clarke emerged on the other side and charged with 50 men. The Loyalists flee, soundly defeated. Total losses:
Loyalist 40-70 dead, 70 captured, Patriots 9 dead, 23 wounded.

The men who fled the battlefield eventually made their way back to Wrightsville, although some were captured and hung later that year. Pickens, who became famous for his many battles in the Revolution would later write that Kettle Creek was the “severest chastisement” for the Loyalists in South Carolina and Georgia. Dooly was later brutally murdered by British Regulars.

Upper Ninety-Six Regiment South Carolina Militia (200 Men)
Col. Andrew Pickens Comdr. • Capt. Andrew Hamilton • Capt. Robert Anderson • Capt. James McCall • Capt. Joseph Pickens • Capt. Thomas Weems • Capt. Levi Casy • Lt. Joseph Calhoun • Lt. Alexander Ramsey • Lt. Samuel Roseman • Lt. Thomas Shanklin • Lt. Joseph Wardlaw • Thomas Langdon M.D. • William Anderson • John Bird • Willis Brazeale • William Buchanon • Patrick Cain • Francis Carlisle • William Carruthers • Thomas Cofer • Edward Doyle • Thomas Hamilton • John Harris • William Hutton • Andrew Liddle • John Loard • James Luckie • William Luckie Jr. • John McAdams • John McAlphin • Joseph McClusky • Elijah Moore • Samuel Moore • Alexander Patterson • Richard Posey • Samuel Reed • William Speer • John Trumble • William Turk