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By C Summers, June 10, 2011
Ambush at Half-Way Swamp Marker
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1 ► South Carolina, Clarendon County, Manning — Ambush at Half-Way Swamp —  |
| During the American Revolution, December 1780, over 750 recently arrived British fusiliers were marching from Nelson’s Ferry on the Santee River. Major McLeroth’s British troops from Moncks Corner joined them as an escort to Camden. General Marion’s . . . — — Map (db m24370) HM | |||
| 2 ► South Carolina, Clarendon County, Rimini — Halfway Swamp: — “… In pursuit of a Brother to Kill Him” — |
| In December 1781, Maj. Robert McLeroth and the 64th Regiment were conducting newly-arrived British army recruits of the Royal Fusiliers from Charleston to the High Hills of Santee. Learning of McLeroth’s movement, Col. Francis Marion led some 700 . . . — — Map (db m227715) HM | |||