aka Ratcliff's Bridge.

Later that same day, these two parties would meet again briefly along Lynches Creek (now Lynches River) a few miles further north.

On his way from Bradley’s toward Waxhaws, Maj. Thomas Fraser caught up with Brig. Gen. Sumter again at Stirrup’s Branch and a running engagement ensued. Brig. Gen. Thomas Sumter, was passing between Scape Hoar Creek, Hoar Creek, and Radcliffe's Bridge over the Lynches River, they stumbled upon some British infantry of Maj. Thomas Fraser's Royalists. The Patriots fired on the British, but soon began to retreat through the woods.

The fight was recorded as a "running or retreating one." The Patriots made their way back to the bridge, burning it as they finished crossing. Without any cavalry, the British were unable to pursue them. Both sides claimed victory.

The Americans said that Maj. Fraser was driven back, and then Brig. Gen. Sumter continued his retreat. The British, on the other hand claimed Brig. Gen. Sumter was routed, but that they did not have sufficient men to pursue him. In any case, after the engagement Brig. Gen. Sumter crossed Radcliffe's bridge and "disappeared on a circuitous route toward New Acquisition," finally reaching Waxhaws.

The British report states that Brig. Gen. Sumter lost ten killed and forty wounded. Ripley states that one report gave Maj. Fraser’s losses as twenty killed. Brig. Gen. Sumter in his letter to Gen. Greene on 9 March said that during the course of his whole expedition he returned with “Very Inconsiderable Loss.”

Lord Rawdon wrote to Col. Watson on 7 March: "Fraser yesterday fell in with Sumter (who was advancing this way) between Scape Hoar and Radcliffe's Bridge. A smart action ensued in which the enemy were completely routed, leaving ten dead on the field and about forty wounded. Unfortunately none of your Dragoons had joined Fraser, so that he could not pursue his victory. Sumter fled across Lynches Creek and continued his retreat northward; he had his family with him, so that I think he has entirely abandoned the lower country."

Casualties: American: 10 killed, 40 wounded; British: 20 killed & wounded.

Along the way, Brig. Gen. Sumter picked up his paralytic wife and son and then moved forty miles to the Bradley Plantation. His wife had been "lame on one side since infancy." She rode a horse "on a featherbed with a negro woman behind her to hold her on, nevertheless, she fell off frequently on the road and bruised her face until it was black. Their only child, little Tom, was with them." Nancy Davis, their housekeeper, also rode with them.

Lt. Gen. Charles Lord Cornwalls called Sumter's partisans, "The Gang of Plunderers." When Francis, Lord Rawdon discovered Sumter's location, he dispatched Maj. Thomas Fraser and his South Carolina Royalists to go after him. The South Carolina Royalists had both infantry and dragoons, but since every available British unit was out searching for Sumter, Maj. Fraser only had infantry.

Brig. Gen. Sumter waited for some word from Brig. Gen. Marion until March 6th, then he started heading northward from his home. As his group passed between Scape Hoar Creek and Radcliffe's Bridge over the Lynches River, they stumbled upon Maj. Fraser's infantry. The Patriots fired at the enemy, but as they began retreating Sumter's wife and son were caught between the lines.

Brig. Gen. Sumter drew them out of the line of fire and headed into the woods, cutting his way through the British. His men suffered ten killed and forty wounded. The fight was described as a "running or retreating one." Sumter and his family were able to flee the pursuing Loyalists by falling back to Radcliffe's Bridge and setting it on fire. With no cavalry, the Royalists were unable to catch up.

Sumter's son, Thomas, wrote "a man joined Sumter with a squad of recruits and became entitled to some commission." When they were attacked, that officer was the first who fled into the swamp and there seeing young Sumter took charge of the boy and in a few days after rejoined the army, presenting the son to the general. He claimed he had saved his life. Sumter replied "We want soldiers in our camp and not dry nurses" and drove him off in disgrace.

Thomas also wrote "Sumter took great care and attention of the British wounded as his own. The British learning this soon thereafter ordered that Sumter's property and family should not be molested."

Brig. Gen. Sumer and his men did three weeks of fruitless campaigning, losing horses and men. Those who rode with him later recalled this time as "Sumter's Rounds." The morale of his men was low, and some of them thought that he had deceived them so he could rescue his family. They had initially been told that there were only about 300 British at Camden, and that there would be no pursuit. When they attacked Fort Granby, the British seemed to come from every direction, giving the men no rest and no sanctuary.

Sumter mustered his men at the Waxhaws and then released them to go home to see to their own families and to do their Spring planting. Sumter took his family to Polk's Mill in Charlotte, North Carolina. Robert Gray later wrote, "He grew exceedingly unpopular."

Brig. Gen. Thomas Sumter - Commanding Officer

Kershaw Regiment detachment of one (1) known company, led by:
- Capt. William Nettles

Maj. Thomas Fraser - Commanding Officer

Unknown number of Loyalists

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