Snow Campaign | |||||||
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Part of the Southern Theatre of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
![]() General Richard Richardson | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
![]() ![]() Georgia Patriots |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Andrew Williamson Richard Richardson William Thomson |
Patrick Cuningham Thomas Fletchall | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
5,000 men (peak size) | 400 men (peak size) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
unknown | 6 killed, 130 captured |
The Snow Campaign was one of the first major military operations of the American Revolutionary War in the southern colonies. An army of up to 3,000 Patriot militia under Colonel Richard Richardson marched against Loyalist recruiting centers in South Carolina, flushing them out and frustrating attempts by the Loyalists to organize. The Patriot expedition became known as the Snow Campaign due to heavy snowfall in the later stages of the campaign.