Battle of Fishing Creek
At this site on August 18, 1780 General Thomas Sumter camped with captured booty and 800 men. He was surprised and defeated by Lt. Col. Tarleton and 160 soldiers. The disaster followed only two days General Gate's defeat by Lord Cornwallis at Camden. The patriots lost 150 men killed and many captured, but Sumter escaped and soon rallied another large force.
Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 21 and Waterview Drive, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 21.
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