Gen. Nathanael Greene was in Hillsborough, NC when he ordered Brig. Gen. Henry W. Harrington (NC Militia) to attack Lt. Col. Robert Gray and British Maj. Thomas Fraser at Cheraw. Gen. Greene also sent orders for BG Francis Marion to join in on this attack, but BG Marion did not get the orders in time. Little more is known except that BG Harrington ended up taking the town of Cheraw away from the British and Loyalists there. What happened to them is currently unknown. BG Harrington established a POW camp there, where many captured British and Loyalists were sent soon after Cheraw was seized by the Patriots.