22 фев 1781 г. - Skirmish at Manigault's Ferry

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Brigadier General Thomas Sumter ordered Capt. Wade Hampton (Camden District Regiment of Militia) to patrol all approaches to Manigault's Ferry, where Sumter's forces were resting after their unsuccessful sieges of Fort Granby and Thomson's Plantation. Lt. Hicks Chappell was with Capt. Hampton and he later wrote:
"The advance of the British met them and a skirmish ensued in which Hampton retreated after losing several men being made prisoner and quickly returned to Brigadier General Sumter's camp at Manigault's Ferry.

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