Erwin Mill Road, Honea Path, SC, USA
In November 1780, after Thomas Sumter’s victory over Banastre Tarleton at Blackstock’s Farm, Patriot forces, including Georgia militia and the Lower Ninety Six Regiment, targeted a Loyalist camp at “Hoil’s Old Place” near present-day Piedmont, SC. The Loyalists fled south across the Saluda River at Rutledge Ford, where a brief shootout resulted in casualties on both sides. The Loyalists retreated to the British post at Ninety Six, while the Georgians continued home, only to be defeated at the Battle of Long Canes on December 12, 1780.
