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
surface form: Battle of Fishing Creek, South Carolina

Battle of Sumter’s Defeat
associatedWith Banastre Tarleton
Thomas Sumter
belligerent Great Britain
Patriot militia
United States (during Revolutionary War)
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: 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 Siege of Charleston
surface form: British occupation of Charleston (1780)

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
this entity surface form: Battle of Fishing Creek, South Carolina