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16 - Wadboo Bridge

17 Jul 1781

16 - Wadboo Bridge

South Carolina Patriot militia Col. Hezekiah Maham was ordered by Gen. Sumter to burn the bridge to hinder British Lt. Col. Coates’ movement to Charlestown, after the battle of Biggin Church, and to prevent supplies reaching him from Charlestown. Col. Maham burned the bridge and also burned two British supply vessels in Wadboo Creek.

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