Battle of Fishing Creek

Battle of Fishing Creek is a South Carolina historical marker in Great Falls, Chester County, dedicated 1974.

Chester County · dedicated 1974 · U.S. Hwy. 21, about 2 mi. N of Great Falls, Great Falls

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At this site on August 18, 1780 General Thomas Sumter camped with captured booty and 800 men. He was surprised and defeated by Lt. Col. Tarleton and 160 soldiers. The disaster followed by only two days General Gates's defeat by Lord Cornwallis at Camden. The patriots lost 150 men killed and many captured, but Sumter escaped and soon rallied another large force.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
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Battle of Fishing Creek

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