aug 24, 1781 - Skirmish at Well's Plantation

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A party of SC Militia and Continental cavalry raided as far south as Daniel Island, just across the Cooper River from the city of Charles Town. Upon their retreat northward, their trail was picked up by a party of British regular troops and Loyalist militia sent out by Capt. McNeil, the commander of the British post at Wappetaw.
This expedition overtook a party of militia after sundown at Wells's Plantation on Bull Head. The British proceeded to surround the house, but the Patriots, commanded by Capt. William Bennett, were alerted in the nick of time by the barking of a dog. In the ensuing skirmish, the royal forces killed one Patriot, wounded several others, and took sixteen good horses with all their trappings, but they did not succeed in capturing most of Capt. Bennett's company.

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