Battle of Blackstock Plantation

Union County | Battlefield

Blackstock Plantation, Monument Road, Enoree, Union, SC, USA

Following the British defeat at Kings Mountain, Banastre Tarleton was recalled from chasing the “Swamp Fox,” Francis Marion, and ordered to engage General Thomas Sumter’s forces. The two forces clashed on the farm of William Blackstock, where Sumter, although severely wounded in the fighting, bested Tarleton.