aug 26, 1781 - Skirmish at Fort Dorchester

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Capt George Cooper commanding a company of Dragoons was to create a diversion near Charles Town while Col Harden attempted to stop British foragers on the Combahee in the Lowcountry. After a skirmish with Tories at Cypress Swamp, he drove off a herd of cattle from the British fort at Dorchester.

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