BATTLE OF LONG CANE
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N 34° 01.927 W 082° 23.647
17S E 371300 N 3766593
Roadside historical marker about Revolutionary War battle in what is today, McCormick County.
Waymark Code: WM12FN
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 12/25/2006
Views: 103
Text from the marker
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South Carolina
BATTLE OF LONG CANE
About four miles southeast is the site of the American Revolutionarry Battle of Long Cane. On December 12, 1780, Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Allen and a British force of 400-500 men defeated Colonel Elijah Clarke and 100 Americans, an advance detachment of a Patriot force commanded by Colonel Benjamin Few.
Erected by McCormick County Historical Commission 1977
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