Davie At The Battle Of Stono

See earlier post from A biography of General Davie (1756 - 1820) which was found in the Magazine Of America here.

... [William Richardson] Davie...took part in the battle of Stono [June 20, 1779], near Charleston... .

In a cavalry charge of that day, Davie was wounded and fell from his horse, but retained his hold of the bridle. The cavalry, dispirited by his fall, were in full retreat when a private in another company...saw Major Davie standing by his horse unable to mount, his thigh being disabled by a severe wound. Though the enemy was close at hand, this soldier deliberately placed Davie on his horse and led it from the field — then disappeared and resumed his place in the ranks, and Davie could discover no trace of him. The wound was a serious one, and kept him long in the hospital at Charleston, rendering him incapable of further service that year.

Source - [Cavalry But Not General Davie]

At the siege of Ninety-six, two years later, where Davie was present as commissary-general of the southern army, on the morning of the attack a stranger came to his tent and introduced himself as the man who had saved his life at Stono. He promised to visit him again, but when the troops were recalled from the fruitless attempt to storm the fort the body of the gallant unknown was found among the dead.