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"Battle of Mud Lick Creek at Fort Williams", March 2, 1781 Laurens County, SC
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On March 2nd, a small Patriot force, commanded by Col. Benjamin Roebuck, who devised a plan to lure the Loyalists out of Williams Fort,
the same fort attacked by Col. Joseph Hayes and Cornet James Simons on December 30, 1780. He sent 150 SC militia riflemen, led by Lt. Col. Henry White,
in front of the fort. This would hopefully cause the Loyalists to come out of the fort and give chase.
The plan worked, and Lt. Col. White led the Loyalists into an ambush that had been set up by Col. Roebuck, the fort was
then easily entered and taken. Once inside the ambush, the Patriots fired upon the Loyalists.
The battle see-sawed back and forth for about an hour. The Loyalists finally fled back in panic to the fort. Col. Roebuck was
wounded in the shoulder and captured, and Lt. Col. White was badly wounded.
Ripley speaks of it being burned, but in a letter from Brigadier General Andrew Pickens to Major General Nathanael Greene
on 8 April, Pickens mentioned a force under Loyalist Lt. Col. John Harris Cruger retreating to it for safety. Source: Carolana.com
^^^Click to go to the National Armory Archives at Windsor Castle to learn more about the American Flintlock Rifle that is the Subject of the Illustration Above^^^^
Belonged to Colonel John Thomas, commander of the Spartan regiment of militia in South Carolina. His son
Captain Robert Thomas had the rifle at the Battle of Mudlick Creek, 2nd March 1781.
It was subsequently refurbished in London by the gunsmith Durs Egg and presented to George IV by Major George Hanger.
The rifle currently resides in the collection of the Royal Armory at Windsor Castle in the UK. Source: https://www.rct.uk
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