Armed Loyalists (Tory) bands assembled under Patrick and Richard Cunningham, Thomas Fletchall, Moses Kirkland and Thomas Brown. Henry Drayton led a group also including Misters Tennent, Hart, Richardson and Kershaw into the South Carolina Backcountry to rally Patriots and mitigate tensions with Loyalists. However, the British and Loyalists attacks would later turn out to be the best recruiter for the Patriots.
