Ambush on Cedar Creek (jun 1, 1781 – jun 30, 1781)
Description:
Oral tradition says Patriots ambushed a royal detachment here and the bones discovered in the19th century were a mass grave of Tories. Its possible that Lt Col Richard Hampton did conduct an ambush on Lord Rawdon's retreat to Charles Town but would probably happened along the old Charles Town Road, not 400 yards away?Added to timeline:
Date:
jun 1, 1781
jun 30, 1781
~ 29 days