Huger in Berkeley County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Quinby Bridge & Shubrick’s Plantation: The Disastrous “Raid of the Dog Days”
Photographed by Anna Inbody, March 24, 2012
1. Quinby Bridge & Shubrick’s Plantation: The Disastrous “Raid of the Dog Days” Marker
On July 17, 1781 near Quinby Bridge, Lee’s cavalry captured Coates’s rear guard and baggage caravan. A portion of Lee’s riders crossed the bridge and clashed with the British infantry ~ loosening so many planks in the process that the rest of Lee’s and Marion’s forces had to march upstream and cross Quinby Creek at a ford. By that time, the British had taken up a strong position in the main house, outbuildings and slave quarters of Shubrick’s Plantation. Against the advice of Marion and Lee, Sumter ordered an assault that quickly turned into a costly stalemate. Marion’s Brigade alone reported eight or nine killed and eighteen wounded.
Accustomed to conservative tactics that did not unnecessarily risk their lives, many of Marion’s men deserted after the battle, and Marion himself resolved
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Erected 2012 by Francis Marion Trail Commission of Francis Marion University.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Francis Marion Trail series list. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1986.
Location. 33° 5.671′ N, 79° 48.435′ W. Marker is in Huger, South Carolina, in Berkeley County. It is on Cainhoy Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Huger SC 29450, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Lowcountry and in Santee Cooper Country. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, 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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Quenby Bridge (within shouting distance of this marker); New Hope Methodist Church (approx. 0.7 miles away); Silk Hope Plantation (approx. 1.4 miles away); Pompion Hill Chapel (approx. 1.9 miles away); Brabant Plantation (approx. 5.8 miles away); Strawberry Chapel (approx. 7.3 miles away); Mepkin Plantation (approx. 8.1 miles away); St. Thomas Church (approx. 9.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Huger.
Photographed by Anna Inbody, March 24, 2012
2. Overview
3. Picture on the marker
The skirmish at Quinby Bridge, from a nineteenth-century engraving. Col. Lee’s cavalry damaged the bridge so badly as they crossed it that the rest of their comrades were much delayed in reinforcing them.
4. Drawing on the Marker
Gen. Thomas Sumter’s order to assault the strong British position at Shubrick’s Plantation cost dozens of casualties on both sides. Sumter’s brashness contrasted with Marion’s reputation for conservatism. As James Jenkins of Britton’s Neck, then a teenage militiamen, wrote of Marion: “He loved his men, and would not expose them where there was no hope.”
Credits. This page was last revised on April 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 25, 2012, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 5,160 times since then and 178 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 25, 2012, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
