Battle of Eutaw Springs

Battle of Eutaw Springs
Part of the American Revolutionary War

Depiction of the Battle of Eutaw Springs from the Emmet Collection of Manuscripts
DateSeptember 8, 1781
Location
Orangeburg County,
near present-day Eutawville, South Carolina
33°24′26″N 80°17′56″W / 33.4073°N 80.2988°W / 33.4073; -80.2988
Result See Aftermath
Belligerents
 United States

 Great Britain

Commanders and leaders
Nathanael Greene Alexander Stewart
Strength
2,200 2,000
Casualties and losses
119 killed
382 wounded
60 captured
18 missing
Total
579		 85 killed
297 wounded
70 wounded prisoners
430 captured (foragers captured before the battle)
Total
882

The Battle of Eutaw Springs on September 8, 1781, was the last major engagement of the Revolutionary War to be fought in the Carolinas. Both sides claimed a victory.

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