3 avr. 1781 - Skirmish at Witherspoon's Ferry

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Brig. Gen. Francis Marion ordered Lt. Col. Hugh Horry to travel to Whig's Plantation. At the plantation, Col. William E. Doyle had some foragers there collecting food for the troops. When Horry arrived at the plantation, they engaged the British, killing 9 men and capturing 16 men. The Patriots pursued the fleeing British to Witherspoon's Ferry. There, they caught the British rear guard scuttling the ferry boat. The Patriots fired on the Loyalists.
Doyle quickly formed his men along the bank of the Lynches River and delivered a volley of musket fire on the Patriots. After this firing, the British gathered up their belongings and headed towards the Pee Dee River withdrawing to Camden.

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