Battle of Lenud's Ferry

Battle of Lenud's Ferry
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Date May 6, 1780 Location Berkeley County, near present-day Jamestown, South Carolina 33°18′16.95″N 79°40′30.3″W / 33.3047083°N 79.675083°W / 33.3047083; -79.675083 Result British victory
Belligerents
Great Britain Loyalists	United States
Commanders and leaders
Banastre Tarleton	Anthony Walton White William Washington
Strength
150	350
Casualties and losses
2 men 4 horses	41 killed and wounded

The Battle of Lenud's Ferry was a battle of the American Revolutionary War that was fought on May 6, 1780 in present-day Berkeley County, South Carolina. All of the British soldiers who took part in the Battle of Lenud's Ferry were in fact Loyalists who had been born and raised in the colony of South Carolina, with the sole exception being their commanding officer Banastre Tarleton. The unit was known as the Loyalist British Legion, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton. The Loyalist British Legion scattered a company of Patriot militia at Lenud's Ferry, a crossing point on the Santee River, north of which lies present-day Georgetown County.