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Rugeley’s Mill & the Quaker Cannon

Quaker Cannon's use at Rugeley's Mill. Artwork by Dale Watson.

Battle of Rugeley’s Mill, South Carolina, November 30, 1780, not December 4th,[1] was a battle in name only. Eighty American dragoons, light horse cavalry under Lt. Colonel William Washington (distant cousin of General George Washington) attacked 109-112 loyalists[2] led by Colonel Henry Rugeley. The King’s Men were secured in a fortified barn surrounded by a …