Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1885 — A Rare Old Patriot. [ARTICLE]

A Rare Old Patriot.

Colonel George Mathews, afterward Governor of Georgia, was wounded at the battle of Eutaw Springs, in South Carolina, and was left on the field as the Continental forces were retiring to take another position. A British soldier, in passing him, seeing he was alive, lifted his musket to stab him with his bayonet. His commander caught the musket, and said: “Would you murder a wounded officer ?” Colonel Mathews, turning upon his back, asked: “To whom do I owe my life?” “To me,” said the British lieutenant. Colonel Mathews saw the uniform was British, and said in an angry tone: “Well, sir, I want you to know that I scorn a life saved by a d—d Briton.” —Savannah Neivs.