On this day in 1780,
British flatboats carrying sick soldiers are heading towards Charlestown on the Pee Dee River. Having learned of the movement, Maj. Tristram Thomas gathers troops to make an attack. Not having real cannon, they fashion fake "Quaker cannons". When the British approach the "battery," the Patriots rush out and pretend to load the cannons. The Loyalist militia quickly mutiny and surrender to Thomas at The Battle of Mars Bluff, SC.
More Colonial Battles
British flatboats carrying sick soldiers are heading towards Charlestown on the Pee Dee River. Having learned of the movement, Maj. Tristram Thomas gathers troops to make an attack. Not having real cannon, they fashion fake "Quaker cannons". When the British approach the "battery," the Patriots rush out and pretend to load the cannons. The Loyalist militia quickly mutiny and surrender to Thomas at The Battle of Mars Bluff, SC.
More Colonial Battles
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