sep 28, 1780 - Skirmish at Pee Dee Swamp

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Capt. Gavin Witherspoon and four of Col. Francis Marion's men were patrolling the Pee Dee Swamp and discovered a small Loyalist camp. His men did not want to go into the camp, so he went in alone. Capt. Witherspoon crept up into the camp and found all of the Loyalists asleep and their muskets leaning up against a pine tree. He secured the muskets and then woke the sleeping Loyalists by loudly demanding their surrender. The seven sleepy Loyalists did so when they saw Capt. Witherspoon's men approaching.

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