22 feb 1781 anni - Skirmish at Belleville, Col Thomson's Plantation

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Belleville was the home of Col. William Thomson (SC 3rd Regiment), who had been captured at the fall of Charleston in May of 1780. His plantation had been seized by the British soon thereafter and turned into a stockaded fortification, which enclosed the main home and the outbuildings. He attempted to take the stockade by assault, and by setting fire to it, but the defenders, under Lt. John Stuart of the 71st Regiment of Foot, 2nd Battalion, held their own and were able to put out the fire. Toward the close of day, Brigadier General Sumter left a force watching the stockade and moved with his main body to Manigault's Ferry, where he collected boats in the area.

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