Battle of Hanging Rock

Battle of Hanging Rock is a South Carolina historical marker in Heath Springs, Lancaster County, dedicated 1941.

Lancaster County · dedicated 1941 · Intersection of Flat Rock Rd. & U.S. Hwy. 521, Heath Springs, Heath Springs

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About 2.5 miles south is Hanging Rock, where Maj. Davie surprised a British force, Aug. 1, 1780, and killed or wounded most of them. There also, Aug. 6, 1780, Col. Hill, Col. Irwin, and Maj. Davie, all under Gen. Sumter, successfully attacked the Prince of Wales's American Regiment and detachments of the 63rd and of the 71st Infantries, under Maj. Carden.

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