Battle of Videau's Bridge

Battle of Videau's Bridge
Part of the American Revolutionary War
DateJanuary 2, 1782
LocationBerkeley County, South Carolina
Result British victory
Belligerents
 United States  Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Richard Richardson John Coffin
Strength
unknown 350
Casualties and losses
57 killed
20 captured
1 killed
1 wounded

The Battle of Videau's Bridge was an engagement of the American Revolutionary War fought on January 2, 1782 near Charleston, South Carolina. The British routed an American force opposing a foraging expedition they sent from Charleston. The British claimed to kill 57 and capture 20 Americans.[1]

Notes

  1. McCrady, Edward, The History of South Carolina in the Revolution, 1780-1783, Macmillan & Co., ltd., 1902 pp. 589-593