Battle of Dills Bluff

Front: The Battle of Dills Bluff, the last engagement in S.C. during the American Revolution, took place on Nov. 14, 1782. Continental Army forces under command of Col. Thaddeus Kosciusko, and led by Capt. William Wilmot’s 2nd Maryland and Lt. John Markland’s 1st Pennsylvania Regiments, attacked a force of British infantry and cavalry on the south side of James Island Creek. Reverse: The British regulars were prepared for the attack, possibly through advance intelligence, and able to rush reinforcements to the field. The Continentals were outnumbered five to one and quickly overwhelmed. Markland was wounded; Wilmot and Lt. Moore of the Maryland line were killed. A slave named William Smith was wounded and taken prisoner. The British would evacuate Charleston in Dec. 1782.