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672:
670:
651:
650:
646:James Island
624:
623:
534:Cowan's Ford
500:Green Spring
480:Waters Creek
467:
461:
460:
451:Fishdam Ford
441:Shallow Ford
415:
401:Hanging Rock
345:
239:Isaac Shelby
228:Daniel Clary
163:Belligerents
126:81°51′8.92″W
74:Part of the
50:
30:
1005:Edgar, 114.
900:John Sevier
681:Spartanburg
569:Fort Watson
544:Summerfield
524:The Village
426:Black Mingo
396:Rocky Mount
289:70 captured
138: /
1442:Categories
1018:along the
870:Ninety Six
699:Background
619:Raft Swamp
594:Ninety-Six
579:Fort Motte
510:Chesapeake
485:Cape Henry
356:Charleston
351:1st Mobile
294:12 wounded
53:March 2024
33:unbalanced
1078:March 21,
864:Aftermath
559:Pensacola
505:Francisco
490:Blandford
431:Charlotte
337:1780–1783
285:63 killed
45:talk page
1114:Archived
982:regulars
857:Loyalist
730:Loyalist
515:Yorktown
475:Richmond
292:4 killed
267:Strength
176:Loyalist
105:Location
859:militia
852:militia
753:bayonet
714:Patriot
685:Laurens
589:Augusta
529:Cowpens
371:Waxhaws
191:militia
189:Patriot
178:militia
112:, near
39:Please
31:may be
1385:Savage
724:, and
708:Battle
636:Wambaw
406:Camden
151:Result
925:Notes
689:Union
1400:1782
1351:1781
1255:1780
1229:1779
1167:1775
1080:2019
812:1st
687:and
671:The
652:1783
625:1782
462:1781
346:1780
97:Date
890:at
275:200
272:500
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989:^
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