29-1 Battle of Hanging Rock
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"The Battle of Hanging Rock (August 6, 1780) was a battle in the American Revolutionary War that occurred between the American Patriots and the British." {1}
Waymark Code: WMXB7D
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 12/21/2017
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"It was part of a campaign by militia General Thomas Sumter to harass or destroy British outposts in the South Carolina back-country that had been established after the fall of Charleston in May 1780." {1}
"About 2.5 miles south is Hanging Rock, where Maj. Davie surprised a British force, Aug. I, 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." {2}
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