On this day in 1780,
Col. Zacharias Gibbs sends a spy to infiltrate the Patriot camp commanded by Col. Charles McDowell. Successful, the spy returns with the information. Capt. James Dunlap and a Loyalist force is sent to attack the camp. Dunlap is spotted by a sentry, who alerts McDowell. The Loyalists charge the camp and are met with a counterattack which manages to drive away the Loyalists from The Battle of Earle's Ford, SC.
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Col. Zacharias Gibbs sends a spy to infiltrate the Patriot camp commanded by Col. Charles McDowell. Successful, the spy returns with the information. Capt. James Dunlap and a Loyalist force is sent to attack the camp. Dunlap is spotted by a sentry, who alerts McDowell. The Loyalists charge the camp and are met with a counterattack which manages to drive away the Loyalists from The Battle of Earle's Ford, SC.
More Colonial Battles
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