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![]() aka Cane Brake, aka Reedy River. While those engaged at Ninety-Six were negotiating a truce, Col. Richard Richardson was already on its way into the upcountry to arrest the leaders of the Loyalist party. Richardson decided that his mission was not affected by the truce signed at Ninety-Six and proceeded to carry out his instructions. Receiving intelligence that the most active leaders of the opposition were encamped on Cherokee land, he dispatched a force under Colonel William Thomson (SC 3rd Regiment of Rangers), which surprised the Loyalists on the morning of December 22 and defeated them in the Battle of Great Cane Brake. Most of the Loyalist band were captured and sent back to face charges of sedition in Charleston. However, Patrick Cunningham and Col. Joseph Robinson escaped to the Cherokee Nation. The Great Cane Brake was located on the Reedy River in the southern portion of present Greenville County, The only location Colonel Richardson gives us is that the site was a long march of nearly twenty-five miles from his camp at Holhngsworth's Mill on Raborn's Creek (in present-day Laurens County, and the modern spelling is Rabon Creek). Luxuriant growths of cane were quite common in river valleys of the upcountry before the US Revolution. |
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SC 3rd Regiment (Rangers) led by Col. William Thomson and Maj. James Mayson with 500 men in the following eleven (11) companies: Capt. Nathaniel Abney Capt. Robert Anderson Capt. John Caldwell Capt. Robert Goodwyn Capt. Charles Heatley Capt. John Lewis Peyer Imhoff Capt. Eli Kershaw Capt. John Purvis Capt. Edward Richardson Capt. Samuel Wise Capt. Thomas Woodward SC Militia led by Col. Richard Richardson (Camden District Regiment) (unknown number of men): Camden District Regiment companies led by: Capt. Drakeford Capt. John Nixon Capt. Robert Patton Capt. Matthew Singleton New Acquisition District Regiment led by Col. Thomas Neel and the following five (5) companies: Capt. William Bratton Capt. Peter Clinton Capt. William Gaston Capt. Andrew Love Capt. Ezekiel Polk Spartan Regiment led by Col. John Thomas, Sr. and the following four (4) companies: Capt. James Andrews Capt. Andrew Barry Capt. Robert Faris Capt. John Thomas, Jr. Ninety-Six District Regiment companies led by: Capt. John Hammond Capt. Adam Crain Jones Capt. Thomas Langdon Forks of Saluda District Regiment company led by Capt. Richard Pollard Little River District Regiment company led by Capt. John Wallace Fairfield Regiment company led by Capt. Joseph Brown Independent Company of Rangers led by Capt. Ezekiel Polk NC Provincial Troops led by Lt. Col. Alexander Martin and unknown number of men. |
Ninety-Six District, New Acquisition Loyalist Militia led by Col. Joseph Robinson with Capt. Patrick Cunningham and about 200 men. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
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