aka Durant's Plantation.

Marion's Brigade under Col. Archibald McDonald with about 500 men were defeated by Loyalist Col. Benjamin Thompson (of Massachusetts) with about 500 men and a 3-pound cannon. Col. McDonald lost about forty men killed. Col. Thompson lost one dragoon wounded.

Brig. Gen. Francis Marion was serving as a SC Senator at Jacksonborough at this point in time.

British Col. Benjamin Thompson somehow learned that there was a breakdown in the communications between Col. Hezekiah Maham and Col. Peter Horry, and that Marion and Maham were in Jacksonborough. He used this opportunity to attack while the Patriots' guard was down. He assembled a cavalry force that consisted of all the mounted units within the entire Charlestown area.

Col. Peter Horry was on the other side of the Santee River visiting his home and had left Col. Archibald McDonald in command while he was gone.

On the morning of February 24th, Col. Thompson set out from Daniel's Island and rode towards Marion's camp. Col. Lemuel Benton had camped at Durant's Plantation with two regiments of "six months men" and were made up of "reformed Tories." These men had come in under Governor John Rutledge's recent amnesty proposal.

Col. Horry's second, Maj. William Benison spotted the moving British forces and alerted Col. Lemuel Benton, who in turn proceeded to Col. Archibald McDonald's headquarters to relay the news. Many of the officers there were eating dinner and simply did not believe that the British could be so bold. But, Col. Benton did believe the reports and rode to Durant's Plantation only to encounter the advance of Col. Thompson's British army.

Maj. John Doyle did not wait for the rest to catch up and he charged at Wambaw Bridge. Maj. William Young wounded Col. Lemuel Benton as he was about to cut down Lt. Simon Jones, Col. Thompson's adjutant. Col. Benton's dragoons raced across the Wambaw Bridge.

The weight of all the men and horses was too much for the old bridge, which broke and fell into the creek. Many of Col. Benton's men tried swimming across and a few drowned. Those who did not make it across hid in nearby thickets. Maj. John James charged the broken bridge with two pistols blazing and his horse leapt the 20-foot chasm and he rode on to safety.

The remainder of the Patriots withdrew to Tidyman's Plantation.

Col. Archibald McDonald - Commanding Officer

Kingstree Regiment detachment led by Col. Archibald McDonald, Maj. John James, with one (1) known company led by:
- Capt. Daniel Morrall

Cheraws District Regiment detachment led by Col. Lemuel Benton (wounded), with unknown number of men

SC 3rd Regiment of State Dragoons detachment of one (1) known company, led by:
- Capt. John Carraway Smith

SC 4th Regiment of State Dragoons led by Maj. William Benison (killed), Maj. Thomas Benison (killed), Maj. John Benson (killed), with one (1) known company, led by:
- Capt. Henry Lenud

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Col. Benjamin Thompson - Commanding Officer

30th Regiment of Foot - Capt. "Unknown"

Royal Regiment of Artillery, 3rd Battalion - Capt. "Unknown with two 3-pounders

Hesse-Kassel Feld Jager Korps - Capt. "Unknown"

Volunteers of Ireland led by Maj. John Doyle

SC Royalists led by Maj. Thomas Fraser, with Capt. George Dawkins and 22 men

Queen's Rangers, Capt. Saunder's Troop of Light Dragoons led by Capt. John Saunders with 23 men

British Legion, Capt. Sanford's Troop led by Capt. Thomas Sanford with 25 men

NY Volunteers, Maj. Coffin's Troop of Mounted Infantry led by Maj. John Coffin with 40 men

NC Independent Dragoons led by Capt. Robert Gillies

SC Light Dragoons (Loyalist Militia) led by Capt. Edward Fenwick with 31 men

Maj. Young's Mounted Militia (Rifle Hussars) led by Maj. William Young with 45 men

Cunningham's Troop of Dragoons (Loyalist Militia) led by Maj. William Cunningham

Independent Troop of Black Dragoons led by Capt. March with 36 men