Battle of Hanging Rock

Battle of Hanging Rock
Part of American Revolutionary War
Date August 6, 1780 Location Lancaster County, near present-day Heath Springs, South Carolina 34°33′56.4″N 80°39′42.45″W / 34.565667°N 80.6617917°W / 34.565667; -80.6617917 Result Patriot victory
Belligerents
Loyalist militia	Patriot militia
Commanders and leaders
John Carden	Thomas Sumter
Strength
1,400 provincial troops and militia	800 militia
Casualties and losses
200 killed and wounded	12 killed 41 wounded

The Battle of Hanging Rock (August 6, 1780) took place during the American Revolutionary War between the American Patriots and the British. It was part of a campaign by militia General Thomas Sumter to harass or destroy British outposts in the South Carolina back-country that had been established after the fall of Charleston in May 1780.

Future President Andrew Jackson (aged 13) and his brother Robert partook in the battle.