Lancaster County · Marker 29-02

Buford's Bloody Battleground

Lancaster County Park, S.C. Hwy. 522 just S of intersection of S.C. Hwy. 522 & S.C. Hwy. 9, between Lancaster and Tradesville

Front inscription

Col. Buford's 11th Virginia Regiment and a detachment of Washington's Cavalry, retreating after the fall of Charles Town, were attacked by Col. Tarleton, May 29, 1780, at the site of the monument 955 feet southwest. The American loss was 113 killed, 150 wounded, 53 made prisoners; the British, 5 killed, 14 wounded. In that grave, lie many of Col. Buford's men.

County
Lancaster
Region
Midlands
City or vicinity
Lancaster vicinity
Year approved
1940
Erected by
Lancaster County
Coordinates
34.744133, -80.6261

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