Lancaster County · Marker 29-01
Battle of Hanging Rock
Intersection of Flat Rock Rd. & U.S. Hwy. 521, Heath Springs
Front inscription
About 2.5 miles south is Hanging Rock, where Maj. Davie surprised a British force, Aug. 1, 1780, and killed or wounded most of them. There also, Aug. 6, 1780, Col. Hill, Col. Irwin, and Maj. Davie, all under Gen. Sumter, successfully attacked the Prince of Wales's American Regiment and detachments of the 63rd and of the 71st Infantries, under Maj. Carden.