Battle of Island Flats

Battle of Island Flats
also: Battle of Eaton's Station
Battle at Long Island of the Holston
Part of Cherokee–American wars and the American Revolutionary War
DateJuly 20, 1776
Location36°32′N 82°33′W / 36.533°N 82.550°W / 36.533; -82.550
Result American victory
Belligerents
United States Cherokee tribes
Commanders and leaders
  • William Cocke
  • James Thompson
  • John Campbell
  • James Shelby
  • William Buchanan
  • Thomas Madison
Strength
about 160 about 190
Casualties and losses
4 killed 13 killed

The Battle of Island Flats[a] (also Battle at Long Island of the Holston, Battle of Eaton's Station) was the opening battle of the American War of Independence in the west. The battle was fought in July 1776, and pitted the American regional Patriot militia against the British allied Cherokee forces in the Overmountain region of the American frontier.
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