20 jul 1780 ano - Skirmish at Flat Rock

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Patriot Major William Richardson Davie learned of a British convoy coming from Camden and he rode with some of his men to intercept these supplies. He left his camp on the evening of July 20th and rode around the left flank of the British at Hanging Rock and laid an ambush on the Camden Road, about five miles south of Hanging Rock at a location called Flat Rock.

The convoy was "captured with little trouble, the spirits provisions and waggons being destroyed, the escorts and waggoners were mounted on the captured horses, and about dark the party commenced its retreat."

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