Battle of Videau's Bridge
Battle of Videau's Bridge | |||||||
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Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
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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
- ↑ McCrady, Edward, The History of South Carolina in the Revolution, 1780-1783, Macmillan & Co., ltd., 1902 pp. 589-593