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Battle of Eutaw
Springs
Issued September 8, 1981 Scott #UX90
Fleetwood Cachet
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The Battle of Eutaw Springs
was fought on September 8th & 9th, in 1781 near Charleston,
South Carolina during the Revolutionary War. The battle was fought
between the American forces under General Nathanael Green of Rhode
Island and British troops under Colonel Alexander Stewart.
Greene wished to prevent
Stewart from joining General Cornwallis forces and aiding in a
possible retreat south from Yorktown. The American troops under
Greene numbered about 2000 and the British troop strength was
slightly higher. The Americans were a ragtag group of mostly
barefoot, irregulars and in the early fighting on September 8th,
the British were more successful, however the plucky American's
under Greene continued to force the fight and on September 9th
they forced the British to retreat. Stewart withdrew his forces to
Charleston where they remained, an ineffective resource, until the
end of the war.
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