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American victory Battle of Tearcoat Swamp: October 25, 1780 South Carolina American victory La Balme's Defeat: November 5, 1780: Quebec: British-Iroquois victory Battle of Fishdam Ford: November 9, 1780: South Carolina: American victory Battle of Blackstock's Farm: November 20, 1780: South Carolina: American victory Battle of Fort St. George ...
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was an armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.
Huck's Defeat or the Battle of Williamson's Plantation was an engagement of the American Revolutionary War that occurred in present York County, South Carolina on July 12, 1780, and was one of the first battles of the southern campaign to be won by Patriot militia.
This ended the power of an American army in the South. [2]: 70 The defeat was a serious blow to the American cause. [11] It was the largest surrender of an American force under arms until the 1862 surrender of Union troops at Harper's Ferry during the Antietam Campaign. The surrender left no substantial army in the South, and the colonies were ...
The Men who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire (2014). Oller, John. The Swamp Fox: How Francis Marion Saved the American Revolution. Boston: Da Capo Press, 2016. ISBN 978-0-306-82457-9. Reynolds Jr., William R. (2012). Andrew Pickens: South Carolina Patriot in the Revolutionary War.
The Battle of Ayacucho (Spanish: Batalla de Ayacucho, IPA: [baˈtaʎa ðe aʝaˈkutʃo]) was a decisive military encounter during the Peruvian War of Independence.This battle secured the independence of Peru and ensured independence for the rest of belligerent South American states.
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British General Henry Clinton. Throughout the course of the American Revolutionary War, over 200 battles were fought within South Carolina, more than in any other state.On November 19, 1775, Patriot forces of the Long Cane Militia fought Loyalists in the first battle of Ninety Six, resulting in the death of James Birmingham, the first South Carolinian and southerner of the war.