Battle of Fishing Creek

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The Battle of Fishing Creek was a 1780 American Revolutionary War engagement in South Carolina in which British forces under Banastre Tarleton surprised and defeated Patriot militia led by Thomas Sumter.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Catawba Ford ⓘ
Battle of Fishing Creek, South Carolina ⓘ
Battle of Sumter’s Defeat ⓘ
associatedWith Banastre Tarleton ⓘ
Thomas Sumter ⓘ
belligerent Great Britain ⓘ
Patriot militia ⓘ
United States (Patriot forces) ⓘ
campaign British campaign in the Carolinas ⓘ
casualtiesSide British forces suffered relatively light losses ⓘ
Patriot militia suffered heavy losses ⓘ
combatantCommander (British) Banastre Tarleton ⓘ
combatantCommander (Patriot) Thomas Sumter ⓘ
commander Banastre Tarleton ⓘ
Thomas Sumter ⓘ
commanderRole (Banastre Tarleton) British cavalry officer ⓘ
commanderRole (Thomas Sumter) Patriot militia general ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
conflictScope local militia engagement ⓘ
conflictType land battle ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1780-08-18 ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Kings Mountain ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Revolutionary era ⓘ
location South Carolina ⓘ
militaryForceInvolved (British) British Legion ⓘ
Loyalist troops ⓘ
militaryForceInvolved (Patriot) South Carolina militia ⓘ
namedAfter Fishing Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor defeat of Thomas Sumter’s militia ⓘ
surprise attack by Banastre Tarleton ⓘ
partOf Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Camden ⓘ
region backcountry South Carolina ⓘ
relatedEvent British occupation of Charleston (1780) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Charleston

Cornwallis’s advance into North Carolina ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
river Catawba River ⓘ
strategicEffect weakened Patriot resistance in South Carolina temporarily ⓘ
surpriseAttack true ⓘ
theater Southern colonies ⓘ
year 1780 ⓘ

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Thomas Sumter → notableBattle → Battle of Fishing Creek ⓘ
Tarleton's Legion → engagement → Battle of Fishing Creek ⓘ
Battle of Fishing Creek → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Fishing Creek, South Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Fishing Creek
Battle of Sumter’s Defeat → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Fishing Creek ⓘ
Battle of Catawba Ford → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Fishing Creek ⓘ
Battle of Mill Springs → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Fishing Creek ⓘ