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• 09 Jan 08
  

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  battles revolutionary 3

  • American  Revolution on May 29, 1780,
  • British victory
  • Colonel Abraham Buford  led a force of between 350 and 380 Virginian Continentals
  • Lieutenant Colonel
  •  ^#3 Colonel   Banastre  Tarleton Colonel  Abraham  Buford  Strength 270 350-380 Casualties and losses 5 ^#4 killed 
     12  wounded 
     {11 horses  killed 
     19 horses  wounded}  ^#5 113  killed 
     150 wounded and  paroled; 
     53  captured 
  • 113 killed
    150 wounded and paroled;
    53 captured
  • killed
    12 wounded
    {11 horses killed
    19 horses wounded}
  • Anxious to capture Rutledge, Tarleton pursued with a force of roughly 230 men,  consisting of 130 Legion dragoons, 100  Mounted British Legion infantry, and a three-pounder cannon.
  • the Patriots lost 113 men killed, 147 wounded and released on parole, and the 2  six pounders and 26 wagons captured
  • Virginians who surrendered,

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