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 aka Red Hill Plantation. The day after Four Holes Swamp, Col. William Harden’s subordinate Maj. John Cooper (formerly one of Marion’s men), assaulted Barton’s Post, while Col. Harden and the rest of the men went to Pocotaligo Road. Some firing was exchanged, and Capt. John Barton, having lost three men and himself wounded, finally surrendered. McCrady lists the Patriot losses as one killed and two wounded. He gives the Loyalist losses as one killed, three wounded and three prisoners. In all three of these engagements with Barton and Fenwick, McCrady lists the American commander as “Cooper,” rather than Harden. Col. William Harden dispatched Maj. John Cooper and fifteen men to take Capt. John Barton at his post. Maj. Cooper surrounded the post and asked for surrender. Capt. John Barton refused and opened fire. Even though Capt. Barton only had six men, the firing lasted over an hour. After half his force had been killed, Capt. Barton finally gave up, and having been mortally wounded, he died shortly afterwards. Maj. Cooper and his small squad soon caught up with Col. William Harden at Pocotaligo Road that same day. |
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| Upper Granville County Regiment detachment led by Maj. John Cooper, with unknown number of men | Capt. John Barton, with six men | ||
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