Musgrove's Mill Historic Battle Site
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Musgrove's Mill Historic Battle Site | |
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Nearest city: | Cross Anchor, South Carolina |
Built/Founded: | 1780 |
Added to NRHP: | March 04, 1975 |
NRHP Reference#: | 75001708 |
Governing body: | State |
Musgrove's Mill Historic Battle Site was the site of the Battle of Musgrove Mill, which took place here on 18 August 1780. The battle occurred at the Musgrove Mill on the Enoree River near Cross Anchor, South Carolina, in what is now Clinton, South Carolina.
The Revolutionary forces routed a combined party of British and Tories at a ford on the river.[2]
The site was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1][3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ Musgrove's Mill Historic Battle Site, Union County (S.C. Hwy. 56, Cross Anchor vicinity). National Register Properties in South Carolina listing. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved on 2008-05-04.
- ^ Note: A National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination document should be available upon request from the National Park Service for this site, but it appears not to be available on-line from the NPS Focus search site. An online version should be available from the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
[edit] External links
- Musgrove's Mill Historic Battle Site, Union County (S.C. Hwy. 56, Cross Anchor vicinity), including 9 photos, at South Carolina Department of Archives and History
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