Each of the militia colonels of course claimed the chief share of the glory of the day.

Haywood, Ramsey, and even Phelan simply follow Shelby.

Draper gives all the different accounts; it is quite impossible to reconcile them; but all admit that the British were defeated.
I have used the word "British"; but though there were some Englishmen and Scotchmen among the tories and provincials, they were mainly loyalist Americans.] However, the victory was of little effect, for just as it was won word was brought to Shelby that the day before Cornwallis had met Gates at Camden, and had not only defeated but practically destroyed the American army; and on the very day of the fight on the Enoree, Tarleton surprised Sumter, and scattered his forces to the four winds.

The panic among the whigs was tremendous, and the mountaineers shared it.

They knew that Ferguson, angered at the loss of his detachment, would soon be in hot pursuit, and there was no time for delay.