2nd Battle of Fort Watson

First British Fort To Fall

23 April 1781

American Forces

led by

Brig. Gen. Francis Marion

"The Swamp Fox"

South Carolina Malitia -

Commander

[Marion picture included]

LTC Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee

Lee's Legion

British Forces

led by

Lt. James McKay

64th Regt of Foot

Marker is ...

Fort Watson

One of the chain of British

posts in South Carolina.

Located on this Indian Mound.

Besieged April 15-23, 1781

by use of Maham's tower,

Francis Marion forced the British

to surrender and secured for his men

badly needed ammunition and ...

Siege of Fort Watson

During the American Revolution, Colonel Lee

and his Legion joined General Marion's Brigade

along the Santee River. They laid seige to British

held Fort Watson on top of Santee Indian Mound.

Major Maham's idea was to build a tower for

sharpshooters to fire inside ...

Fort Watson

The first post in S.C. retaken from the British, the stockade fort on this old Indian mound had controlled the road from Charleston to Camden as well as the Santee River. On April 15, 1871, Gen. Francis Marion and Lt. ...

Fort Watson:

Disrupting British Supply Lines

Assigned to hold all of eastern South Carolina but with only a small force at his disposal, Col. John Watson needed to build a fort to protect the vital transportation corridor between Charleston and Camden, the British ...