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Buford's Bloody Battleground

Buford's Bloody Battleground is a South Carolina historical marker in Lancaster vicinity, Lancaster County, dedicated 1940.

Lancaster County · dedicated 1940 · Lancaster County Park, S.C. Hwy. 522 just S of intersection of S.C. Hwy. 522 & S.C. Hwy. 9, between Lancaster and Tradesville, Lancaster vicinity

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Col. Buford's 11th Virginia Regiment and a detachment of Washington's Cavalry, retreating after the fall of Charles Town, were attacked by Col. Tarleton, May 29, 1780, at the site of the monument 955 feet southwest. The American loss was 113 killed, 150 wounded, 53 made prisoners; the British, 5 killed, 14 wounded. In that grave, lie many of Col. Buford's men.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
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Buford's Bloody Battleground

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