Lugoff in Kershaw County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Patriots Landing
Photographed by Yvonne Vaughn, June 7, 2023
1. Patriots Landing Marker
American troops, commanded by Colonel Thomas Sumter, captured a small earthen fort controlling the ferry over the Wateree River from Loyalists, commanded by South Carolina Loyalist militia Colonel James Cary, on August 15, 1780. Cary's Fort was located about one mile downstream. Sumter's South Carolina militia was commanded by Colonel Thomas Taylor and Colonel Edward Lacey. Shortly thereafter, these Americans captured two companies of British regulars of the 33rd Regiment and the 71st Regiment (Frasier's Highlanders) who were marching from Ninety Six to reinforce Lord Charles Cornwallis in Camden. They also captured forty wagons of badly needed food and military supplies and over three hundred cattle to feed General Horatio Gates' starving Continental Army.
Erected 2012.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is August 15, 1780.
Location. 34° 14.608′ N, 80° 39.241′ W. Memorial is in Lugoff, South Carolina, in Kershaw County. It is on Main Street (U.S. 1) near River Ramp Rod, on the right. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Lugoff
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Regionally, this memorial is in the Midlands and in the Olde English District. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Our Honored Dead (approx. 0.6 miles away); Ephesus United Methodist Church (approx. 2 miles away); Mather Academy (approx. 2.4 miles away); The Jackson Schools (approx. 2.4 miles away); Donald Truesdell Memorial (approx. 2˝ miles away); Monroe Boykin Park (approx. 2˝ miles away); Northwest Redoubt (approx. 2.6 miles away); a different marker also named Northwest Redoubt (approx. 2.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lugoff.
Photographed by Yvonne Vaughn, June 7, 2023
2. Patriots Landing Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 7, 2023, by Yvonne Vaughn of Elgin, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 596 times since then and 68 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 7, 2023, by Yvonne Vaughn of Elgin, South Carolina. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
