Eutaw Springs Battlefield Park
12933 Old Number Six Hwy, Eutawville, SC 29048, USA
South Carolina, USA
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VILLAGE
EST. 1769
EST. 1769
BATTLEFIELD
September 8, 1781
Greene, Nathaniel
Stewart, Alexander
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Eutaw Springs Battlefield Park.
A small public park preserves a portion of the Eutaw Springs battlefield and its natural spring setting. The landscaped site contains monuments, historical markers, memorial stones, and the tomb of British Major John Marjoribanks, while additional battlefield acreage nearby remains under preservation protection.
About Eutaw Springs Battlefield Park
The Battle of Eutaw Springs was fought here on September 8, 1781, between Major General Nathanael Greene’s American army and British forces commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Stewart. The Americans initially drove the British from their camp but lost momentum while plundering it. Although tactically inconclusive, the battle severely weakened British power in the South and helped confine remaining forces to Charleston.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Eutaw Springs Battlefield Park
In spite of the fact that Ninety Six was the only remaining inland British outpost after the fall of Augusta, Georgia, Rawdon decided to burn and abandon it, and withdrew the garrison to Charleston. In poor health, Rawdon sailed for England in late August, leaving Charleston under the command of Colonel Alexander Stewart.
On 16 July, Greene moved his army, exhausted by many days of marching and combat, to a campsite on the High Hills of Santee, allowing his main force to rest while awaiting reinforcements. Marion and Sumter continued to harass the British in a "war of posts". On August 23, his force moved towards Camden to cross the Wateree River, and then Howell's Ferry to cross the Congaree River. By 4 Sept., they were camped at Fort Motte, then Stoudenmyer's Plantation on 5–6 Sept.
By 13 Aug., Colonel Stewart had led a force of 2,000–2,300 men from Orangeburg to Thompson's Plantation, south of the Congaree River. He then fell back to Eutaw Springs on 27 Aug., about 2 miles east of present-day Eutawville.
Despite winning a tactical victory, the British lost strategically. Their inability to stop Greene's continuing operations forced them to abandon most of their conquests in the South, leaving them in control of a small number of isolated enclaves at Wilmington, Charleston, and Savannah.
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