<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" id="mwfA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fishdam_Ford" id="mwfQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Fishdam Ford">Battle of Fishdam Ford</a> a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" id="mwfg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a> Patriot militia under Brigadier General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sumter" id="mwfw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thomas Sumter">Thomas Sumter</a>.