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THE 8WORD3.It. Harmon, E*j. received the sword of Major 1 homas M. Nelson, al the ceremony of presents* tion on tha '29 d. In publishing ile different odd res. *e*. hi*, on behalf of Major N, not having been for iishcd, was omitted. Having gotten fxfse**ion of it amro, we make room for it with plcasuie. The following it the address tGovrsuo* Giimkr-It affords me ameere pleasure on behalf of my fnrnd, .Major Thoma* M. Nelson, tn receive from your hand*, this beautiful and valued teatimomal of the approbation of the immediate representative* of the people of hi* native State. I o you, and to them, m die name of Major Nrlann, I return hi* most grateful aeknowledg-menu. A(though not an eye witnes*. yet lam, from particular circumstance*, familiar with the fan* which gave rim to the iiiunimous reaolution of the Virginia Legislature, arcordmg to him their Ibank* lor hi* gallantry m the battle* of ChaMu-gay and f^t Colo Mill. On the 96th of October.| |dl3, or the C bate ofay, in Can* da, the fir*t bn-| fade ofU-ne.al Hampton** army came in contact . with III* HiMith iQtrre, who oenpied a potnion m their immediate ng'ghoorhood, .carerly had th«action commenced, when Hampton'* line gave way, and in en instant w«* routed aad flying. At line j cr.st*, the IOth regiment, commanded by one for whom I shall always entertain tlr'moet ameerr ,c •jwct. tie late Governor Andrew I'jtken* of South Carolina, w*a ordered op to cover the retreat of (hr fir*t brigade. Thia regiment wa* rompooed of recrud* who had arrived on the Canada frontier-only a few day* before, but u wa* commanded hr a I'leaer.*, and it* immediate right nonataad m two companies of Virginian*, the first headed by that gallant spirit, which on a aubtwiiurnt occasion in the dend of the night euspenderf a lantern wulnn the line* of abfaiegug m«my to direct whh rfTrct the fi*e c/f hi* own friend* I i|. lode to that man of chiva’ry, George Mercer IlfOOke; the other company wng headed ly one not hi* inferior in courage, lha inferior of no man in indomitable personal ff*mne*«, him whom I have i||* honor to represent. The I Oth, a* soon a* it felt th* enemy, gave way, with the e*eeriH»n of the two Vj-gmtt companies, JJ ooke’sand NelwMt'*. The** j a rone, and unassisted, fin ejcad the Advancing foe, and by ilietr gallantry retnsvrd the fortona of the day. The lth, by the rff|e,e„ey of itlCn'nml, at length resumed its position wh«n the charge of bay. onet* we# ordered, and the British forred to retreat U their Vor|c hosier*. Jo addt'umg the** gallant man, fieri. I**rd »b*l tb*y were m’ithu to hi* ihaok*, not only for having saved hi* Brigade from disgrace, hut U-H. llaoiDton'* army from utter tip-•ironion. Two d*yi after Hoc, Major Nelson with 1pm than fifty men d*f*od.d and prr vented the pa*, oaga of a bridge agamt a force of lfru,*h and In-dian., gontiatmg of not leas than V«, a heipg a party pushed forward to harres* the retreating army under (len. Ilempton. In the progra** of the war. Major Nelson vmmi i|me* engaged ,n battle wjrh the enemy, having op ona aorpnaed andraptured a guard immed.«ieiy ,n advance of S.r Georg a Promt, and effected * *,f« r«tr««t notwuh-Kand.ng the hot pursuit of a strung detachment of the Briuab army.I mention thwc eirromtianeei, Governor Gilmer, not only a* an act of justice to Major Neb on, hut a* fact* which belong to the history of our eounuy.
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Daily Richmond Whig
Richmond, Virginia, US
Wed, Mar 03, 1841
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