Battle of Mobley's Meeting House

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Battle of Mobley's Meeting House
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Date 8 June 1780 Location present-day Fairfield County, South Carolina 34°27′12″N 81°16′21″W / 34.45333°N 81.27250°W / 34.45333; -81.27250 Result Patriot victory
Belligerents
Patriot militia	Loyalist militia
Commanders and leaders
William Bratton	Robert Coleman
Strength
100–200	about 200
Casualties and losses
none	few

The Battle of Mobley's Meeting House (also sometimes called Gibson's Meeting House) was an engagement that occurred during the American Revolutionary War in the Mobley Settlement, Fairfield County, South Carolina during the southern campaign of Lord Cornwallis.

On 8 June 1780, a small body of Whig militia led by Colonel William Bratton surprised a gathering point of Tory militia at Mobley's Meeting House, about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of present-day Winnsboro. Many of the Tories tried to escape by descending a steep embankment; this attempt led to more casualties than were caused by the actual firefight. A few Tories holed up in a blockhouse but were flushed out and defeated.

The battle was one a string of small victories by Whig militia that raised morale and support for their cause after the Continental Army suffered major defeats at Charleston and Waxhaws in May 1780, and preceded more organized resistance led by militia leaders like Thomas Sumter and Francis Marion.