Battle of Stono Ferry

Battle of Stono Ferry
Part of the American Revolutionary War
The Death of Colonel Owen Roberts by Henry Benbridge
Date June 20, 1779 Location Charleston County, near present day Rantowles, South Carolina 32°45′25.33″N 80°8′2.16″W / 32.7570361°N 80.1339333°W / 32.7570361; -80.1339333 Result British victory
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Benjamin Lincoln	John Maitland
Strength
1,500 militia 6 artillery pieces	900 infantry
Casualties and losses
34 killed 113 wounded 155 missing[1]	26 killed 93 wounded 1 missing[2]

The Battle of Stono Ferry was an American Revolutionary War battle, fought on June 20, 1779, near Charleston, South Carolina. The rear guard from a British expedition retreating from an aborted attempt to take Charleston held off an assault by poorly trained militia forces under American General Benjamin Lincoln.