Chester County · Marker 12-03
Battle of Fishing Creek
U.S. Hwy. 21, about 2 mi. N of Great Falls
Front inscription
At this site on August 18, 1780 General Thomas Sumter camped with captured booty and 800 men. He was surprised and defeated by Lt. Col. Tarleton and 160 soldiers. The disaster followed by only two days General Gates's defeat by Lord Cornwallis at Camden. The patriots lost 150 men killed and many captured, but Sumter escaped and soon rallied another large force.