aka Brierly’s Ferry, aka Shirar's Ferry, aka Shirer's Ferry.

Lt. Col. Tarleton drove these men from their position with his cannon and infantry, at the same time taking care to conceal the green coats of his dragoons, thereby preventing Brigadier General Sumter of being apprised of the presence of himself and his Legion. Later in the evening, he crossed with his dragoons and the mounted Legion and 63rd Regiment of Foot at a ford a few miles downriver. He then reunited with the 71st Regiment of Foot and the artillery three miles from the ferry, and by 10 p.m. had camped several miles into the Dutch Fork, having received information of Brigadier General Sumter’s being not too distant with upwards of 1,000 Militia from South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia.

A soldier of the 63rd Regiment of Foot deserted during the march and alerted Brigadier General Sumter of the approaching British Legion. Brigadier General Sumter did not want to be caught in the open while retreating from Lt. Col. Tarleton, because this would place him in the same position as Virginia Col. Abraham Buford at the Waxhaws in May. Brigadier General Sumter instead decided to move to William Blackstock's farm on the Tyger River and set up a defensive position. Of course, Lt. Col. Tarleton followed him to Blackstocks.

To date, there are no decent accounts of all the various units - Patriot and British - at this engagement. There were certainly some, if not all, of the units described in the battle of Blackstocks, which took place two days later.