On the morning of July 7, 1777, British forces, under General Simon Fraser,caught up with the American rear guard of the forces retreating after the withdrawal from Fort Ticonderoga.
Portions of the 5th Ohio Cavalry, the 59th Indiana Infantry and the 5th Iowa Infantry were sent in pursuit from Huntsville andskirmished with Patterson's rear guard that evening at Fletcher's Ferry south of Madison.
It struck the rear guard of Ewell's corps late in the afternoon at Granite Hill near Fairfield, but the result was little more than a skirmish, and the Confederates camped a mile and a half west of Fairfield, holding their position with only their picket line.
Portions of the 5th Ohio Cavalry, the 59th Indiana Infantry, and the 5th Iowa Infantry were sent in pursuit from Huntsville andskirmished with Patterson's rearguard that evening at Fletcher's Ferry on the Tennessee River south of Madison.
As such, political disagreements between citizens become moral rear-guard actions against advancing barbarians who are therefore excluded from public debate: the battle cries are‘No right to speak for old white men!' or‘By giving them airtime, the media is making the far-right socially acceptable!'.
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