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. The Battle of White Plains **Battle:** White Plains **War:** American Revolutionary War **Date:** 28th October 1776
 * Place:** New York State **Combatants:** British against the Americans

6 Aug. 1780 || Thomas Sumter attacked British post and inflicted heavy casualties but was forced to retreat. || Lt. Col. Davie attacked Banastre Tarleton and captured horses and equipment. || Francis Marion routed a Loyalist force under Tynes. || Long Cane, SC || 12 Dec. 1780 || Attack by Americans against a British force four times their number resulted in Georgia militia leader, Elijah Clarke, sustaining serious wounds. || Halfway Swamp& Singleton’s Mill SC || 12 Dec. 1780 || Francis Marion engaged large Loyalist group which retreated. An attempt to trap the Loyalists at Singleton’s Mill failed when it was discovered that the Singleton family had smallpox. ||
 * Siege of Charleston, SC || 29 Mar –12 May 1780 || Maj. Gen. Lincoln surrendered the town and his entire army. ||
 * Monck’s Corner, SC || 14 April 1780 || Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton scattered American militia. ||
 * Lenud’s Ferry, SC || 6 May 1780 || Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton dispersed American cavalry. ||
 * Waxhaws, SC || 29 May 1780 || Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton and his Loyalist Legion bayoneted 113 Continental soldiers of Col. Buford’s Virginia unit. Known as Buford’s Massacre. ||
 * || **5 June 1780** || **Lord Cornwallis assumes command of the British Army in the South.** ||
 * Ramsour’s Mill, NC || 20 June 1780 || Patriot forces defeated Loyalist forces, ultimately resulting in loss of Loyalist support in North Carolina. ||
 * Williamson’s Plantation, SC || 12 July 1780 || Patriot forces of Thomas Sumter’s command defeated Loyalist Christian Huck and his forces. Huck was killed. ||
 * Cedar Springs, SC || 12 July 1780 || Spartan regiment of South Carolina Patriots ambushed Loyalist attacking party. ||
 * Gowen’s Old Fort, SC || 13 July 1780 || Georgia Patriots attacked Loyalist camp and defeated them. ||
 * || **25 July 1780** ||
 * General Horatio Gates assumes command of Southern Continental Army.** ||
 * Rocky Mount, SC || 30 July 1780 || Thomas Sumter’s troops attacked British post but were forced to withdraw. ||
 * Hanging Rock I, SC || 30 July 1780 || North Carolina Royalists were attacked by North Carolina Patriots who succeeded in capturing weapons and horses. ||
 * Hanging Rock II, SC ||
 * Kershaw County, SC || 15 Aug 1780 || Patriot militia attacked and captured Carey’s Fort and took a supply convoy from Ninety-Six. ||
 * Battle of Camden, SC || 16 Aug 1780 || Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates and the Continental Army were badly defeated by Lord Cornwallis and the British forces. ||
 * Fishing Creek, SC || 18 Aug.1780 || Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton surprised Thomas Sumter’s command and defeated it. ||
 * Musgrove’s Mill, SC || 18 Aug. 1780 || Frontier riflemen and militiamen lured the British into an ambush and defeated them. ||
 * Nelson’s Ferry, SC || 25 Aug. 1780 || Francis Marion attacked British convoy and released 150 Americans who had been taken prisoner at the Battle of Camden. ||
 * Blue Savannah, SC || 4 Sept. 1780 || Francis Marion led British Loyalists into an ambush and defeated them. ||
 * McKay’s Trading Post, GA. || 14-18 Sept. 1780 || Elijah Clarke attacked the post but was driven off when British relief column arrived. American prisoners taken were hanged or turned over to the Cherokees to be tortured and killed. ||
 * Wahab’s Plantation, NC || 21 Sept. 1780 ||
 * Charlotte, NC || 26 Sept. 1780 || Lt. Col. Davie and 150 American soldiers ambushed Tarleton’s Legion at Charlotte but were driven off by reinforcements. ||
 * Black Mingo, SC || 28-29 Sept. 1780 || Francis Marion attacked a Loyalist encampment and drove them into the swamp. ||
 * Kings Mountain, SC || 7 Oct. 1780 || Frontier militia from North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and South Carolina surrounded Patrick Ferguson’s force at Kings Mountain and defeated them. This was a decisive victory for the Patriots and a turning point in the Revolutionary War. //On March 3, 1931, Congress recognized the importance of Kings Mountain by creating// [|Kings Mountain National Military Park.] ||
 * Tearcoat Swamp, SC || 25 Oct. 1780 ||
 * Fish Dam Ford, SC || 9 Nov. 1780 || A search and destroy mission by the British was intended to murder Thomas Sumter. A night attack failed and the British retreated leaving their wounded. ||
 * Blackstocks, SC || 20 Nov. 1780 || Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton pushed his cavalry in pursuit of Thomas Sumter and attacked. The British were beaten back with heavy casualties. ||
 * || 2 Dec. 1780 || General Nathanael Greene assumes command of the Southern Army. ||


 * Hammond’s Store, SC || 30 Dec. 1780 || Brig. Gen. Daniel Morgan sent Col. William Washington with Continental Dragons and mounted militia to attack Georgia Loyalists. The Loyalists suffered 150 casualties ||