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At this site on August 18, 1780 General Thomas Sumter camped with captured booty and 800 men. He was surprised and defeated by Lt. Col. Tarleton and 160 soldiers. The disaster followed only two days General Gate's defeat by Lord Cornwallis at Camd…
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British under Houseman surprised anddefeated by band of 33 patriots underCapt. John McLure with 9 Gastonbrothers and neighbors, who struckfirst blow for liberty and resistedattempt to subject people to oath ofallegiance to king.
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The skirmish which took place here at Alexander's Old Fields, now Beckhamville, on June 6, 1780, was the first victory for S.C. Patriots after the fall of Charleston. A band of Whigs under the command of Captain John McClure attacked and routed an…