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Battle of Stono Ferry
Part of the American Revolutionary War

The Death of Colonel Owen Roberts by Henry Benbridge
DateJune 20, 1779
Location
Charleston County,
near present day Rantowles, South Carolina
32°45′25.33″N 80°8′2.16″W / 32.7570361°N 80.1339333°W / 32.7570361; -80.1339333
Result British victory
Belligerents
Battle of Stono Ferry United States Battle of Stono Ferry Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Benjamin Lincoln John Maitland
Strength
1,500 militia
6 artillery pieces
900 infantry
Casualties and losses
34 killed
113 wounded
155 missing[1]
26 killed
93 wounded
1 missing[2]

The Battle of Stono Ferry was an American Revolutionary War battle, fought on June 20, 1779, near Charleston, South Carolina. The rear guard from a British expedition retreating from an aborted attempt to take Charleston held off an assault by poorly trained militia forces under American General Benjamin Lincoln.

  1. ^ O'Kelley, p. 295
  2. ^ O'Kelley, p. 296

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