Battle of Lenud's Ferry

Battle of Lenud's Ferry
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Date May 6, 1780 Location Berkeley County, near present-day Jamestown, South Carolina 33°18′16.95″N 79°40′30.3″W / 33.3047083°N 79.675083°W / 33.3047083; -79.675083Coordinates: 33°18′16.95″N 79°40′30.3″W / 33.3047083°N 79.675083°W / 33.3047083; -79.675083 Result British victory
Belligerents
Great Britain Loyalists	United States
Commanders and leaders
Banastre Tarleton	Anthony Walton White William Washington
Strength
150	350
Casualties and losses
2 men 4 horses	20–30 killed and wounded 67 men, 100 horses captured

 Great Britain

Anthony Walton White

The Battle of Lenud's Ferry was a battle of the American Revolutionary War that was fought on May 6, 1780 in present-day Berkeley County, South Carolina. The Loyalist British Legion, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton, surprised and scattered a company of Patriot militia at Lenud's Ferry, a crossing point on the Santee River, north of which lies present-day Georgetown County.

General Sir Henry Clinton arrived before Charleston, South Carolina in late March 1780, and began siege preparations as the opening move in British plan to gain control over North and South Carolina. The city was defended by Continental Army troops under the command of General Benjamin Lincoln. Many of the rebels fighting in the battle of Lenud's Ferry were survivors of the Battle of Monck's Corner.

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