Battle of the Combahee River

Battle of the Combahee River
Part of the American Revolutionary War
DateAugust 27, 1782
Location32°34′57″N 80°34′24″W / 32.58250°N 80.57333°W / 32.58250; -80.57333
Result British victory
Belligerents
United States  Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
United States Mordecai Gist
United States John Laurens 
Kingdom of Great Britain William Brereton
Strength
200 regulars 150 regulars
Casualties and losses
2 killed
19 wounded[1]
Unknown

The Battle of the Combahee River took place during the American Revolutionary War on August 27, 1782, near Beaufort, South Carolina, one of many such confrontations after the Siege of Yorktown to occur before the British evacuated Charleston in December 1782. Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens, a 27-year-old Southern abolitionist, previously a diplomat and an aide-de-camp to George Washington, who was lauded as "one of the bravest and most gallant of the American officers," was killed during the confrontation.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Massey228 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Ward, p. 842.