Battle of Stono Ferry

Battle of Stono Ferry
Part of the American Revolutionary War

The Death of Colonel Owen Roberts by Henry Benbridge
DateJune 20, 1779
Location32°45′25.33″N 80°8′2.16″W / 32.7570361°N 80.1339333°W / 32.7570361; -80.1339333
Result British victory
Belligerents
United States  Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Benjamin Lincoln John Maitland
Strength
1,500 militia
6 artillery pieces
900 infantry
Casualties and losses
34 killed
113 wounded
155 missing[1]
26 killed
93 wounded
1 missing[2]

The Battle of Stono Ferry was an American Revolutionary War battle, fought on June 20, 1779, near Charleston, South Carolina. The rear guard from a British expedition retreating from an aborted attempt to take Charleston held off an assault by poorly trained militia forces under American General Benjamin Lincoln.

  1. ^ O'Kelley, p. 295
  2. ^ O'Kelley, p. 296