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mar 6, 1781 - Skirmish at Wyboo Swamp (Wiboo)

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Brigadier General Francis Marionn was moving to join Brigadier General Thomas Sumter at Farr's Plantation, learned of Lt. Col. John Watson Tadwell-Watson’s planned ambush for him at Wyboo Swamp. A marshy passageway located on the Santee Road between Nelson’s Ferry and Murry’s Ferry. After a back and forth battle General Marion's cavalry drove the British off.

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mar 6, 1781
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~ 244 years ago