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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Musgrove's Mill, affair at (search)
Musgrove's Mill, affair at The patriots of South Carolina were not conquered, only made to pause, by the cruelty of Cornwallis. Among those who took protection as a necessary expedient was Col. James Williams, who commanded the post at Ninety-six. He lost no time in gathering the patriots in that region, and on Aug. 18, 1780, fell upon a body of 500 British troops—regulars and loyalist militia—who had established a post at Musgrove's Mill, on the Ennoree River. He routed them, killed sixty, and wounded a greater number, with a loss to himself of eleven
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Revolutionary War, (search)
msour's Mills, N. C.June 20, 1780 Battle at Springfield, N. J.; General Clinton burns the town June 23, 1780 French army of 6,000 men, under Rochambeau, reaches Newport Harbor, R. I. July 10, 1780 Battle of Rocky Mount, S. C. July 30, 1780 Command in the highlands of the Hudson with West Point given to Gen. Benedict Arnold Aug. 3, 1780 Battle of Hanging Rock, S. C. Aug. 6, 1780 Battle of Camden, S. C.; Gates defeated Aug. 16, 1780 Battles of Musgrove Mills and Fishing Creek, S. C. Aug. 18, 1780 Maj. John Andre, British adjutant-general, meets Benedict Arnold near Stony Point, N. Y. Sept. 21, 1780 Major Andre captured near Tarrytown.Sept. 23, 1780 Arnold escapes to the British vessel Vulture Sept. 24, 1780 Battle of Charlotte, N. C. Sept. 26, 1780 Andre convicted as a spy by military board, Gen. Nathanael Greene, president, Sept. 29, and hung at Tappan, N. Y. Oct. 2, 1780 Congress votes John Paulding, David Williams, and Isaac Van Wart, cap- tors of Andre, its thanks,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), South Carolina, (search)
n confinement at the surrender of Charleston are declared null and void after June 20, and holders required actively to aid military operations or be treated as rebels......June 3, 1780 Affair at Rocky Mount......July 30, 1780 Battle of Hanging Rock......Aug. 6, 1780 Battle of Camden; Americans under General Gates attack the British under Cornwallis and are repulsed......Aug. 16, 1780 Americans under Colonel Williams defeat the British at Musgrove's Mills on the Ennoree......Aug. 18, 1780 Sixty distinguished citizens of South Carolina are seized by the British and transported to St. Augustine as prisoners......Aug. 27, 1780 Battle of King's Mountain......Oct. 7, 1780 Col. Thomas Sumter extends his campaign into South Carolina; he captures a British supply train, Aug. 15; is surprised by Tarleton and defeated at Fishing Creek, Aug. 18; defeats Maj. James Wemyss in a night attack on Broad River, Nov. 8, and defeats Colonel Tarleton at Blackstock Hill......Nov. 20,