Battle of Stono Ferry

June 20, 1779

Order of Battle

By Warren Ripley
with annotations by Jim Purky

British Forces (Lt. Colonel Maitland)

    1st Battalion 71st Foot .........400
    Hessian Regiment von Trumbach (late Woellworth) 300
    North Carolina Loyalists ........150
    Artillery ........................6 guns

American Forces (Major General Lincoln)

Left Wing (Brig. General Jethro Sumner)

      Henderson's Battalion Light Infantry...120

    Armstrong's North Carolina Brigade:

      4th North Carolina...................250
      5th North Carolina...................250
      2 light guns

    Butler's North Carolina Militia Brigade

      Johnson's North Carolina Militia Regt....360
      McDowell's North Carolina Militia Regt...250

Right Wing (Brig. General Isaac Huger)

    Malmedy's Battalion Light Infantry....120
    1st South Carolina Regt........230
    3rd South Carolina Regt........389
    6th South Carolina Regt........157
    4 light guns

Reserve

    Mason's Virginia Militia.......400
    Pulaski's Legion (mounted).....100
    Davie's North Carolina Horse ..50
    2 light guns

Source:

Greg Novak, Rise and Fight Again, A Guide to the Armies of the American War of Independence in the Southern Campaigns.

[Editor's note: the bibliography in this booklet makes it a must-have in everyone's collection of American Revolution publications]

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