I Spy Tomorrow will be the day of reckoning; I will soon know my fate. Tonights the 25th of March 1781, 10 days since the British victorious Battle of Guilford Court House. Lord Cornwallis and his men have decided not to pursue the retreating Continental Infantry lead by that cunning Rhode Island native, General Nathanael Greene. He had opted instead to retreat and move back here in Hillsborough. And this decision has signaled the end of my cloaked and covert activities. Everything started when father died more than two months ago in that cold hilly trench in the Battle of Cowpens. There was nothing I can do but continue his mission to help protect our Motherland from the conquering British troops.
I have to do something to stop them all from advancing and subjugating Georgia and the two Carolinas. My fellow countrymen need me. My introduction into the army of General Cornwallis and thus my service in the British espionage network has made easy and ingenuously aided by our familys trade and my dead fiances occupation. George was a loyalist soldier and a gun repairman working with Lieutenant Macleod but was fatally wounded back in 1777 so I actually have acquaintances in the British army. I offered my services and detailed to General Cornwallis my qualifications and plans which will definitely help them overthrow the Continental army. I suggested that it would be easy for me to infiltrate the opposition if I will disguise myself as a peddler who is continuing her fathers enterprise now that he is dead. I can freely travel amongst the American soldiers and camp followers.
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As I have a background on soldiering and weaponry (they know about my fiance but have no idea that my father is a civilian spy for the Continental Army), I can observe, identify and take note of the numbers of weapons and men in each camp I visit.It will be easy to gather important military information because men do not consider women knowledgeable on war and battles. The British camp will be able to know what is happening on the other side without the Americans knowing. The British were convinced by my intelligence and surveillance tactics so I was immediately dispatched with a wagon-full of goods and wares to go across the flooded Dan River to General Nathanael Greenes camp in Virginia. Across the river, I easily infiltrated the American Army camp but unknown to the British I have another plan. I introduced myself to General Greenes aide-de-camp as the daughter of General Horatio Gates close friend, which is the truth. I outlined my mission for the British Army and told them that it seems to be the only and effective way I can help avenged my fathers death and the occupation and subjugation of my beloved Hillsborough. I gave them pertinent military information and maneuvers which I gathered from the British Army.
I also outlined for them the logistics and position of the British camp in Hillsborough might they decide to recapture the place. The Americans were appreciative of my efforts and warned me of the dangerous mission I have commissioned myself. After relaying to me some innocent and harmless military information such as the advancement of General Richard Butlers command to aid General Greenes diminishing troops and some other irrelevant military data, I was ready to go back to General Cornwallis camp across the river. To make things more realistic, the French officers in the Continental Army cut my hair short and led me out of their camp with orders not to return. The hair cutting, a substitute punishment for women who are rarely hanged or imprison for spying, was a ploy to divert any doubt that General Cornwallis may have about the information I am bringing them. The very light punishment is appropriate for women who were often regarded as more of a nuisance than a real threat since they were not believed intelligent enough to understand military strategies. When I reached the other side of the Dan River on March 14, 1781, I found Cornwallis and his men encamped in the forks of the Deep River. I hastily relayed to them the edited version of the information I was given by the Continental Army officers.
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The British was 100% sure of the veracity of my information because during the night, further reports confirmed that the American force was at Guilford Court House, some 12 miles (20 km) away. Because of this report, the British General decided to advanced and give battle, though he had only 1,900 men at his disposal. Undisclosed to him is the fact that the Americans are actually prepared for battle. The British Army found the Americans in position on a strategic rising ground. Everyone is in position and General Greene has adapted the Battle of Cowpens strategy. Cornwallis on the other hand, tried to gain much information from me, his prisoners and the local residents as to the American disposition but he was not very successful. I did not divulge to him the fact that the Continental Army had camped at the west of Salisbury road the night before so they are well rested.
The strategy adapted by Greene for Guilford Court House was flawed (I think I remember some British officer commenting that Greene had laid each line far too apart) and although many British soldiers were killed, the Americans broke off and retreated from the field. Cornwallis ordered the 23rd and 71st Regiments with part of the Cavalry to pursue the Americans but they were called back. I was with the British Army at that time and I used and pictured the Americans retreat for the British as strength. I informed Cornwallis that it would be fatal for his troops to pursue the retreating army because it is part of the strategy and plan that they will regroup. There is also an augmentation troops from neighboring towns sent to aid Greene and his men. Cornwallis believed me because of their armys experience in Cowpens. That night right after the battle, the British, famished, exhausted and weary, were spread across a large expanse of woodland without any protection during the torrential rains that started just after the battle. Tactically, the British Army won the skirmish yet the casualty was great and has impacted on the strength and morale of the British soldiers.
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The toll on the British was tremendous and before the night ends, about fifty of the wounded died. My ploy not to let them pursue Greene and his men not only gave the American soldiers the time to regroup but also deprived the British from retrieving the retreating Americans baggage and supply wagons which had been left behind when they camped up to the west of the Salisbury road in some old fields prior to the battle. Cornwallis and his men are back in Hillsborough; they have been campaigning to gain the sympathy of the people and my cover was exposed. Waiting for the trial tomorrow is exhausting and full of trepidation but I am not regretting any part I have played in all this. If given a chance I will do what I have done and more. The only regret I have is the fact that I have not done this sooner; I could have given more and aided the Continental Army in their fight against the British colonizers and their loyalists.
I do not know the exact fate I will be facing in the morning but whatever it will be I will embrace it with a gladden heart because I believe in what I am fighting for and in what I have done for my family, fellowmen and country. As General Greene always says, “We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.” God Bless America! Works Cited Baker, Thomas E. Another Such Victory: The Story of the American Defeat at Guilford Courthouse that Helped Win the War for Independence. New York: Eastern National, 1981 and1999. Bakeless, Katherine and John. Spies of the Revolution.
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