The Battle of Eutaw Springs was on Sept. 8th, 1781 and was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War in the Carolinas. The battlefield is located at 12933 Old Number Six Hwy, Eutawville, SC 29048, just South of the town. I believe the site is owned by the American Battlefield Trust.
Cornwallis was now in Virginia. Greene had moved from Ninety Six, through Camden (Battle of Hobkirk’s Hill) and now was looking to defeat the remaining 2,500 British troops left in the Charleston area. The British leader, Colonel Alexander Stewart, led his forces out to counter the advancing Continentals. The battle commenced about two miles West on Monck’s Corner Road (the direction viewed in picture C) when Greene’s forces came across a British foraging party. The British fell back to their camp (the current location of the battle site pictured here) with the Patriots in pursuit.
Greene arranged his forces across the road pictured in C and advanced towards the camp. After several charges and counters, the British fell back to a brick house (no longer standing) where they re-formed lines. It was reported that the American troops paused to loot the British camp and this provided the opportunity for the British to counter-attack.
The Americans fell back from the British counterattack, and at the end of a very bloody day, the British controlled the battlefield. Although a tactical British victory, like many others, the British withdrew and the battle here broke any possibility of the British going on the offensive again in the Carolinas.
Stewart fell back to Charleston and British forces remained there until Dec. 14th, 1782, well after Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown.
Some of the pictures are marked with a letter in the upper LH corner that correspond to the letters on the map also pictured here to give you an idea of the direction you’re viewing. Note that the creek on the historical maps is now the man-made Lake Marion which covers some of the area on the American left-flank.
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