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dec 23, 1781 - Skirmish at Windy Hills (Slaughter Field)

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Capt. Benjamin Odom, Jr. with a detachment of Col. William Harden’s Regiment was attacked at sunrise by a group of Loyalists. Capt. Odom had sixteen men killed. The men were left to lie in the open and were not recovered until three days later.

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dec 23, 1781
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~ 243 years ago