Major Williamm Richardson Davie captures British supply convoy from Camden to Hanging Rock outpost as it crossed the Flat Rock about 16 miles North of Camden, S.C. Riding east after his successful raid, Maj. Davie was fired upon by Loyalists lying concealed near the ford at Beaver Creek. Major Davie seized a Tory to guide his troop safely past the British ambush.

Loyalist Maj "Bloody Bill" Cunningham militia rode to home of Patriot John Boyce's to kill him. He had just returned home to his family after being on campaign after fighting at Kings Mountain, Cowpens, and Eutaw Springs. He was well known to Cunningham. Boyce ran out the front door spooking the Loyalist horses running for the woods. Cunningham gave chase striking Boyce with his sword cutting off three fingers. Boyce made it to the thick woods where Cunningham's horse could not go. Boyce survived the attack and his Patriot commander, Capt Casey caught several of the Loyalist, hanging the in a tree near Duncan's Creek as a warning.

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On May 1st, Col. John Thomas, Jr. ambuscaded a group of Loyalists. The Patriots killed three while taking twelve prisoners and capturing four wagons.

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Oral tradition says Patriots ambushed a royal detachment here and the bones discovered in the19th century were a mass grave of Tories. Its possible that Lt Col Richard Hampton did conduct an ambush on Lord Rawdon's retreat to Charles Town but would probably happened along the old Charles Town Road, not 400 yards away?

Patriot Capt John Carter led his Horse Company to attack Capt Tenison Cheshite 29 Loyalist at Dean Swamp. The Loyalist were able to ambush the Patriots, killing several. The Patriots rallied and drove the Loyalist in to Dean Swamp. It is believed the ambush occurred at the ford where there now stands a highway bridge across the swamp.

The morning of November 14th, in the morning, Col. Count Thaddeus Kosciuszko with 60 Continentals from Maryland and Pennsylvania attacked a British woodcutting party from Fort Johnson near Dill’s Bluff on James Island. British reinforcements with infantry, cavalry totaling near 300, and one field piece were quickly brought up and greatly outnumbered the Patriots After an intense fight, the Patriots withdrew from their position. Capt. William Wilmont was killed in the action and is believed to be the last Continental soldier killed in the Carolinas.

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Patriot militia Col William Hardens sent his men to destroy seven British supply boats coming up the Savannah River probably to supply British posts. It unknown if infact boats were destroyed but if they were, it likely occurred at the Purrysburg Landing or south of it.

Patriot Capt John Moffit's militia was travelling down Broad River from Floyd's Fort. Moffit received word of Tories at Harrison's house, a noted Tory. At the house, two women advised the Tories left earlier. As Moffit's men rode away, they were ambushed from a thicket. A fight ensued with Moffit's men killing some and forcing the Tories to flee.

Col. Charles Myddleton was in command of a party of mounted Patriots that had been making hit and run attacks of the British relief column that was on its way to the besieged British garrison of Ninety Six. Col. Myddleton and his men were in the process of making another such attack when they road into an ambush of British cavalry. The Patriots were routed suffering casualties of more than fifty percent of their force.

British Maj James Wemyss was sent to Wiliamsburg Township to establish a Loyalist militia and sieze Patriot arms and ammunition. Maj John James sent by Gen Marion ambushed the rear guard of the British forces. James killed 30 British troops but lost a like number of Patriots before he withdrew.

Georgetown District (Prince Fredrick Parish)

Since Col. Francis, Lord Rawdon withdrew back into Camden with most of his army, Lt. Col. William Washington (VA) was sent to scout the area. He found and lured Major John Coffin and a force of mounted infantry and dragoons into an ambush, in which Major Coffin lost twenty men. Major Coffin was then compelled to retire back into Camden. Lt Col Washington was now the winner of the battle but the hill held no strategic value at that point. Lord Rawdon, meanwhile, was making plans to abandon the outpost town.

A detachment of Patriot Militia under Major John Moore was surprised and routed by Loyalist militia under Major William "Bloody Bill" Cunningham. Major Moore and his small patrol attacked the Loyalists and drove them out of their camp, but Major Cunningham's men returned a heavy fire from the nearby swamp. Major Moore's men could not stand up under the accurate fire and scattered. He had four men killed and eight men wounded.

Lt Col John Markland fought an action near Quarter House Tavern four miles west of Charles Town where he drew British dragoons into an ambush. The British lost eight to ten men, two captured, and a number of horses. No Patriot casulties.

Lt. Col. Richard Hampton was surprised by Loyalists under Major William "Bloody Bill" Cunningham in the area around the village of Orangeburgh.

Cornet Goerge Carrington was assigned by Lt Col Lee to escort the twenty British prisoner taken at the wagons to a secure location. Enroute Loyalist ambushed Carrington detail near Orangeburgh freeing seventeen of the British prisoners.

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In December 1781, returning from a patrol with the Patriot Militia, Charles Devant was mortally wounded from ambush near here by Captain Martinangel's Royal Militia from Daufuskie Island. He managed to ride his horse to his nearby plantation, Two Oaks, where he died. Captain John Leacraft's Bloody Legion avenged his death.

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October 1st, Capt. John Carter took his Volunteer Scout men to Dean's Swamp. Their mission was to break up an assembly of Loyalists. On their way, at Saltketcher Swamp, they were ambushed by a 25-man group of Loyalists, commanded by Capt. Tenison Cheshire. Despite several casualties, the Patriots were able to drive the Loyalists into the swamp. Exact location unknow, general area.

Two hundred Loyalist refugees from James Island crossed Wappoo Cut to plunder homes along the Ashley River. One in the group was Thomas Farr, a NC Continental Line deserter who was captured. Refugees again crossed the cut taking John Linning prisoner but releasing him a few hours later. As Linning was walking home, he was shot and killed. A British galley found his body on the shore, wrapped him in a blanket and throwing him in the water. The British had a policy of no interaction with refugees.

Shortly after capturing Carey’s Fort,Col Taylor's Patriots learned that a supply train and reinforcements from the British post at Ninety-Six to Camden was nearing the fort. The Patriots at once set out surprising capturing six wagon loads of supplies and 70 men of the 71st Highlanders at Wateree Ferry.

Patriot cavarly approached a British jaeger post of Capt Johnn Hinrichs in the early morning. Several jaegers hid in the wood and fired on the Patriot's flanks. A sergeant of the 3rd Regiment of Continental Light Dragoons who rode point far ahead of the force was mortaly wounded and the only casualty.

A Patriot shore battery was located near the present-day Barker House Visitor Center.The town was attacked by the British in June 1781.

The British seized all Patriot weapons from Charles Town and Mt Pleasant. The weapons were to be stored in a powder magazine in the western extreme of Charles Town. The British were warned some of the weapons were loaded and its believed that through carelessness in storing the weapons, one discharged causing the magazine to explode. It was a huge explosion, killing both soldier and civiliams leaviing burned body parts and bodies both alive and dead scattered over a quarter mile area.

The site of the bridge has long been supposed to have been in central Callahan, where a marker has been placed, but some historians believe that the actual site of the bridge was somewhat farther east.

Colonel William Lee Davidson's Whig militia defeated Colonel Samuel Bryan's Tories, in July 1780, a few miles S.E.

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Cherokee Victory

Whigs broke Tory power in Bladen County, August, 1781, driving them into Tory Hole, 50 yards north.

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Battle of Elizabehtown

At this site, Patriot militia commanded by Brigadier General John Butler ambushed loyalist militia commanded by Colonel David Fanning in an effort to free prisoners, whom the Loyalist had captured at Hillsborough the previous day. Although losses were heavy on both sides, the Loyalist kept their prisoners and continued their march to join the British forces at Wilmington. After the four hour battle, local residents cared for the wounded on both sides and buried the dead.

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The British under Major Craig defeated the North Carolina Militia, Aug. 2, 1781, 300 yards S.E.

Battle of Rockfish

British Maj Valentinie Gardiner conducted a naval landing to occupy Port Royal Island. Patriot Capt James Doharty's militia fired on the British during there initial landing at Hilton Head Island. The British fleet continued up the Broad River anchoring at Bull's Plantation with a landing force that began burning abandoned plantations and dispersing Patriot militias. The British learned the Patriots were destroying Fort Lyttleton so they moved to take the whole island and deep water port. After an amphibious landing, a battle between British forces and Patriot Brig Gen William Moultrie's militia outside Beaufort. After a long fight, both side ran out of powder and the British troops withdrew to there ships. The Patriots successfully defended Beaufort and Port Royal Island a time.

Beckhamville (Beckham's Old Field or Alexander's Old Field), Skirmish at

Although the Loyalists, led by a Colonel Houseman, numbered about two hundred, they were defeated and dispersed by the small Patriot force of 32 Patriot militia lead by Capt. John McClure and Capt. John Simpson. This was the first Patriot victory after the fall of Charles Town, and the beginning of a great wave of backcountry resistance to the British and their Loyalist allies. The site of this battle was at present-day Beckhamville, a short distance west of Great Falls.

As part of his preparations for the Siege of Charles Town, on April 12, 1780, General Sir Henry Clinton ordered Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton into the countryside to cut off the city's lines of communication. On the night of April 13, he approached Biggin's Bridge and Moncks Corner by night march. In the early morning hours of April 14th, Lt. Col. Tarleton caught the Patriot forces there completely by surprise and quickly routed them

Lt. Col. Tarleton's Legion attacked a large S. C. militia under Gen. Sumter at Blackstocks Farm on the Tyger River andwas defeated with heavy losses.

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Patriot Lt Col Francis Marion learned a Tory force was planning to attack him. Marion with 53 men found Tory Maj Micajah Ganey's advance guard of 45 men on the road. Marion attacked killing or wounding 30 and 15 escaped. Marion pursued them until he met the main body of 200 men. Marion then engage the main force near Blue Savannah defeating the Tories driving them into the Black Swamp. Marion did not pursue but returned to his base at Port's Ferry.

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In early February, 1779, the Southern Armies of the United States and Great Britain were facing across the Savannah River on a battle line reaching from Savannah to the Broad River above Augusta. The British controlled Georgia and the Americans South Carolina. The battle ended in defeat for the Patriots.

Battle of Brier Creek - Mar.3, 1779

Battle of Brier Creek - Mar.3, 1779

Patriots moved on Col Fanning camp on Bush Creek. After the second assualt, Col Fanning ordered his men to disperse assuming the Patriots had be reenforced. They dispersed into the Uwharrie Mountains.

On February 1, Maj. Valentine Gardiner was tasked with occupying Port Royal Island first landing at Hilton Head Island. The British ships that had been accompanying the landing force continued up the Broad River and anchored opposite the plantation of Brig. Gen. Bull on Port Royal Island. Capt. Patrick Murray was ordered to go ashore and burn the plantations of the owners who had fled. The first plantation he burned belonged to Capt. Thomas Heyward, Jr. In the evening, a group of militiamen began sniping at the British. This continued throughout the night.
On February 2, the armed brig HMS Lord George Germaine bombarded the house, chasing the militia out into the open. A British landing force chased them into the nearby woods and kept them away from the area.

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Gen. Gates "Grand Army" with North Carolina, Virginia militia, Contential line, cavalry and Legon with superior numbers was soundly defeated by Lord Cornwallis with British Regulars and Loyalist after after an initial night engagement at Gum Swamp Creek. The battle occured along the Great Waxhaw Road on the northside of Gum Swamp Creek about 8 miles North of Camden, S.C. Altho outnumbered, the right side of the British line per tradition contained the best troop who were facing primarily Patriot militia who broke and ran at the onset of combat without firing a shot. That eventually led to the collapse of the American line resulting in the defeat of the Patriot forces.

Patriot troops attack a British trench work driving off the work party and took several prisoners. Part of the Southern theater 1775–82.

Cornwallis's army captured Charlotte after a fight here with Davie's troops, Sept. 26, 1780.

In the French and Indian War, the Cherokees defeated a colonial and British force from N.Y. under Colonel Montgomery near here, June, 1760.

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On March 2, 1781, the American light troops under Colonel Otho Holland Williams of Maryland and Lieutenant Colonel Henry "Lighthouse Harry" Lee of Virginia engaged the British light troops near Clapp's Mill on Beaver Creek. The Americans attempted to lure the British forces, under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton, from their camp near the mill (almost one mile southeast of this spot) into an ambush on Alamance Creek where cavalry units and reinforcements lay in waiting. In heavy fighting, at least seventeen British soldiers and eight American militiamen died.

A British foraging expedition with 500 men and 18 ships under the command of Maj William Brereton sailed up the Combahee River to the area of the Combahee Ferry. Patriot Brigadier General Gist sent part of his forces across the Combahee Ferry to drive them off and sent Lt. Col. John Laurens downriver to intercept any that might attempt to flee.

Cornwallis, in pursuit of Greene, crossed the Catawba River, 1/3 mi. N.W., after a sharp fight, Feb., 1781.

On September 19, Col. Andrew Williamson was leading a column of South Carolina Patriots when they were ambushed by a group of Cherokees and Loyalist in a steep, wooded gorge of the Coweecho River now Swain County, North Carolina. This place was known as the "Black Hole." After suffering heavy casualties, the Patriots made a frontal attack and was able to clear the pass. This was coordinated with a larger effort now known as the Rutherford Expedition to punish the Indians for raids on settlers.

Patriot Brig Gen Daniel Morgan picked a battleground that put the British in a position with little maneuver room with a swamp on each side of the Green River Road that ran through the cowpens. Lt Col Banastre Tarleton's force arrived in th early morning fog unaware of presence of the Patriot forces. The Colonial forces conducted a double envelopment of Lt Col Banastre Tarleton’s force drawing him into a very large ambush. This resulted in Tarleton's defeat loosing 39 officers and 60 soldiers killed, 229 wounded. 829 men were captured or missing. Tarleton was one of around 160 British troops to escape out of a force of 1,050 men. Brig. Gen. Daniel Morgan force of about 1,900 men lost 12 killed and about 60 men wounded. The Americans also captured the British guns, baggage and the colours of the 7th Foot.

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A Patriot prison camp for British and Loyalist prisoners was near the area. A Loyalist militia moved their camp to Dean Swamp to free the prisoners. When Capts Michael Watson and William Butler learned of the camp, they gathered their militia and moved towards Dean Swamp. They captured a Tory along the way but he escaped warning the Loyalist camp. The Patriots were ambushed and Capt Watson and Sgt Vardel were killed. Capt Butler charged the Loyalist and due to the firece action, the Patriots killed many and the rest fled into the swamp. Skirmish with Loyalists near present-day town of Salley.

On July 15, Loyalist Col. Zacharias Gibbs learned that there was a Patriot force in the area. He sent a spy to infiltrate the Patriot camp, commanded by Col. Charles McDowell. The Loyalists moved across the North Pacolet river and charged into the camp, catching some of the Patriots still asleep in their tents. A Patriot counter-attack managing to drive the Loyalists away. Alternate location of Earle's Ford: Lat 35.18708, Long 82.14002.

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General Greene's army engaged the British Camp commanded by Lt Col Andrew Stewart at Eutaw Springs on the South side of the Santee River. The battle was a draw but the British abandoned Eutaw Springs the following day.

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British troops were led in a surprise attack by British Major Wemyss against Gen. Thomas Sumter's S. C. militia camp on the Broad River, trying to appease the South Carolina backcountry and end Patriot resistance; Maj. Wemyss was wounded and the British detachment defeated.

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Fishing Creek (Catawba Ford, Sumter’s Defeat, Sugar Creek), Battle of

Lt. Col. Banastare Tarleton and his British Legion defeats Sumter's milita and Continental Line soldiers in surprise attack of Sumpter's camp along the Catawba River just North of Rocky Mount.

On May 7th, during the Charles Town expedition of General Sir Henry Clinton, Capt. Charles Hudson, from the HMS Richmond, and 500 Royal Marines received surrender of Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island, and its 216 man garrison, from Lt. Col. William Scott, after threatening to storm it.

A British naval squadron detachment, consisting of Roebuck, Richmond, Romulus, Blonde, Virginia, Raleigh, Sandwich (armed ship) and Renown, passed the heavy guns of Fort Moultrie, commanded by Col. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, with the loss of 27 men, and the loss of Aeolus, an ordnance ship which went aground and was burned. Richmond's foretop mast was shot away. The flotilla then anchored off Fort Johnson, the move having marked a major breach in the American defenses, because now the enemy was inside Charles Town Harbor right offshore the city's defenses.

On July 1st, Vice-Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot with Capt. John Plumer Ardesoif seized ships in Georgetown harbor and sent sailors upriver in armed barges to plunder Patriot plantations. These British officers then read General Sir Henry Clinton's recent two proclamations to the residents of Georgetown informing them that they now must take up arms against the Patriot rebels.

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1,300 men under Major William "Danger" Thomson to pursue the loyalists under command of Capt. Patrick Cunningham into Indian territory. Thomson's men nearly managed to surround the camp before being discovered as they attacked at dawn. Patriock Cunningham escaped on horseback. Despite the Patriot success, an unusual, heavy snowstorm occurred the following day, which caused considerable suffering among the militiamen, who had been called to duty on short notice with inadequate clothing and without tents. Some were permanently injured by exposure and frostbite. Thereafter the episode was known as the "Snow Campaign".

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Col. Francis Marion with his partisan force captured a small British detail escorting 150 Marylanders taken prisoners that had been seized at the Battle of Camden.

Important battle of the Revolution between armies of Greene and Cornwallis. U.S. military park.

Col. Francis Marion and his Patriots attacked a party of Loyalist recruits escorted by Major Robert McLeroth with a detachment of his men from the 64th Regiment of Foot on their way to the British post at Camden. Major McLeroth negotiated with Col. Marion to setSCTLe the matter with a mass duel between 20 men from each side the following day. During the night, McLeroth built large fires then slipped away during the night toward Camden. Morgan learned he had been tricked the next morning and set out to catch McLeroth.

On July 30th, Major William Richardson Davie and his North Carolina Patriot force ambushed three companies of Col. Samuel Bryan's North Carolina Royalists. The ambush was located within sight of the strong British post at Hanging Rock. Most of the Loyalists were killed or wounded. After capturing all of the weapons and horses of the Royalists, Major Davie withdrew with his force. The British garrison at Hanging Rock was too startled by the sudden attack to intervene on behalf of the Loyalists.

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Seven days after the first Battle at Hanging Rock. Col Thomas Sumter Patriots attacked again. A guide lead Sumter to the wrong location which turned out was a blessing which prevented Sumter conducting a frontal assualt on a superior force. The battle lasted approximately 3.5 hours with the Patriots moving down the line of British camps in primarily hand to hand fighting. The Patriots were aided by the fact both Patriot and Loyalist militia dressed the same with Patriots wearing a slip of white paper in their hats which confused the British. Sumter's Patriots defeated the British capturing much needed supplies of horses, arms, powder, etc. The Patriots withdrew when they gathered all the supplies they could carry.

The Battle of Hobkirk's Hill was fought on April 25th between the British garrison forces at Camden, commanded by Col. Francis, Lord Rawdon and Patriot forces commanded by Major General Nathanael Greene. The location of the battle site at the time was a couple of miles north of the town of Camden. British forces were samller in number nevertheless, they gave a good account of themselves and the Patriots, narrowly avoiding being routed, ended up withdrawing and leaving the field of battle to the enemy. However, due to Lord Rawdon's inability to replenish his losses, he soon abandoned Camden and withdrew to a consolidated position at Charles Town.

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Frontier militia from NC, VA, GA, and SC surrounded Maj. Patrick Ferguson's force at Kings Mountain and defeated them. Captured many and killing Maj Ferguson.

The battle occurred at Kirk's Farm located next to the New Hope River

The Continentals, which included Lt. Col. William Washington (3rd Continental Light Dragoons) made their way to the Santee River, where Col. Abraham Buford (VA) was supposed to be waiting with boats. Col. Buford had halted his march to Charles Town when he had learned of the siege and was awaiting new orders at Georgetown. On May 6, 1780, Lt. Col. Tarleton attacked Lt. Col. White and Lt. Col. Washington near Lenud's Ferry, South Carolina. The Continentals were caught completely by surprise. Col. Abraham Buford's men had just arrived, were across the river, and could do nothing but watch the slaughter. Lt. Colonels White and Washington escaped by swimming across the fast-moving river. Forty-one Americans were killed or wounded, sixty-seven more captured. The British lost two dragoons and four horses. All of the British prisoners captured earlier that day escaped and rejoined Lt. Col. Tarleton.

The Battle of Lindley's Fort (July 15, 1776) was part of a campaign by Loyalist and Cherokee forces to gain control over the South Carolina backcountry from Patriot forces early in the American Revolutionary War. The Cherokees were involved because ongoing encroachment of their territory in the area had led them to take up arms. These activities prompted settlers to seek refuge at Lindley's Fort in present-day Laurens County. A joint force of Cherokee and Loyalists adorned with Indian warpaint descended on the fort one day after about 150 militiamen arrived at the stockade fort. The defenders repulsed the attackers, and when they withdrew, made a sortie and Patriot victory: Native Americans attack repulsed. Also know as the Battle of Cane Creek.

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Patriot Cols. Elijah Clarke and James McCall with 100 Patriots attacked near the Long Cane Settlement and were defeated by a 500 man Tory and British force commanded by Lt. Col. Isaac Allen from Ninety-Six.

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