Location: The "Little Strawberry House" in Strawberry Park,
Madison, north of Bruce Campbell Field. MAP
Scale: 25mm.
Title: Battle of Hanging Rock, 1780.
Setting: General Sumter ("Gamecock") mustered 900 North
and South Carolina infantry and cavalry (mostly militia in 3 or 4 detachments)
to launch a surprise attack on Major Carden's 450 Loyalist Provincials and
Colonel Bryan's 300 North Carolina Highland militia strung out in 4 camps near
Hanging Rock, SC. A small Royal Artillery detachment with a 3 lb. field gun is the
only British unit. A single troop of Tarleton's Dragoons is also in the area.
It historically was a hard fought battle. LINK
Rules: Steve's "The White's of their Eyes" rules.
Notes:
1. On Saturday,
there are no reserved parking slots around the Little Strawberry House.
2. Please RSVP
by Friday morning so that sufficient provisions may be procured.
Gamemaster: Steve Haller