jul 25, 1780 - Skirmish at Hunt's Bluff (Marr's Bluff)

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A flotilla of British flatboats was heading towards Charles Town on the Pee Dee River. The transports contained sick soldiers and was being escorted by Loyalist militia. Not having any cannon, the Patriots made some Quaker cannons, and placed them behind a parapet. When the British approached the "battery," the Patriots rushed out and pretended to load the cannons. Demands were yelled at the flatboats to surrender or be blown apart with the cannons. The Loyalist militia was fooled, and they quickly mutinied. They took over the boats, made the sick soldiers their prisoners, and surrendered to Major Thomas.

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