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* aka Hammond's Old Store. Brigadier General Daniel Morgan was camped on the Pacolet River and he received intelligence that Lt. Col. Thomas Waters had banded together the Loyalists at Fair Forest. These Loyalists were destroying the settlements of Patriot families between Ninety-Six and Winnsborough. Brigadier General Morgan dispatched Lt. Col. William Washington's dragoons and 200 mounted militia to attack the Loyalists. On December 29, 1780, Lt. Col. William Washington engaged a Loyalist militia unit under Lt. Col. Thomas Waters (GA) at the battle of Hammond's Store near modern Clinton, South Carolina. The Loyalist losses were about 100 men killed or injured beyond recovery. The Patriots took 40 prisoners and captured 50 horses, without the loss of a man. Lt. Col. Washington (VA) caught up with Lt. Col. Thomas Waters (GA) after a forty-mile ride behind British lines. Major Thomas Young of the 2nd Spartan Regiment later wrote: "When we came in sight we perceived that the Tories had formed in a line on the brow of the hill opposite to us. We had a long hill to descend and another to rise. Lt. Col. Washington and his dragoons gave a shout, drew swords, and charged down the hill like madmen. The Tories flew in every direction without firing a gun. We took great many prisoners and killed a few." |
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Lt. Col. William Washington - Commanding Officer 3rd Regiment of Continental Light Dragoons (VA) led by Lt.
Col. William Washington and Major Richard Call, with 75 men in
the following three (3) known companies, led by: 1st Regiment of Continental Light Dragoons (VA) detachment led by Capt. John Watts, with 10 men Little River District Regiment of Militia detachment led by
Col. Joseph Hayes, with three (3) known companies, led by: 2nd Spartan Regiment of Militia detachment led by Major Thomas
Young, with one (1) known company, led by: Lower Ninety-Six District Regiment of Militia detachment led
by Major Samuel Hammond, with one (1) known company, led by: Total Patriot Forces - approximately 285 men |
Lt. Col. Thomas Waters - Commanding Officer Savannah Militia (GA) led by Lt. Col. Thomas Waters with approximately 250 men Also some Loyalists from Spartan District and Ninety-Six District in South Carolina. - - - - - - - - - - - - |
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