Battle of Great Cane Brake

Battle of Great Cane Brake is a South Carolina historical marker in Simpsonville, Greenville County, dedicated 1941.

Greenville County · dedicated 1941 · Fork Shoals Rd., S of One Hundred Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 23-565), Simpsonville

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Here along the south side of the creek to Reedy River was fought, Dec. 22, 1775, the Battle of Great Cane Brake between a force of South Carolinians under Colonel William Thomson and a band of Tories under Patrick Cuningham. The Tories were completely routed, and Cuningham himself narrowly escaped.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Behethland Butler Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution

Battle of Great Cane Brake

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