Battle of Videau's Bridge

Part of the American Revolutionary War

Date	January 3, 1782
Location	Charles Town District, currently Berkeley County, South Carolina
Result	British victory

Belligerents

United States

Great Britain

Commanders and leaders

Colonel Richard Richardson

Majors William Brereton, John Coffin

Strength

400

360

Casualties and losses

22 killed
6 wounded

4 killed
14 wounded
1 captured

v t e Southern theater 1780–1783
1780 1st Mobile Charleston Moncks Corner Lenud's Ferry Waxhaws Mobley's Meeting House Ramsour's Mill Huck's Defeat Colson's Mill Rocky Mount Hanging Rock Camden Fishing Creek Musgrove Mill Wahab's Plantation Black Mingo Charlotte McIntyre Farm Kings Mountain Shallow Ford Tearcoat Swamp Fishdam Ford Blackstock's Farm 1781 Yorktown Campaign Richmond Waters Creek Cape Henry Blandford Spencer's Ordinary Green Spring Francisco Chesapeake Yorktown The Village Cowpens Cowan's Ford Torrence's Tavern Summerfield Pyle's Massacre Wetzell's Mill Pensacola Guilford Court House Fort Watson Hobkirk's Hill Fort Motte Portevent’s Mill Augusta Ninety-Six House in the Horseshoe Elizabethtown Eutaw Springs Lindley's Mill Raft Swamp 1782 Videau's Bridge Wambaw Combahee River James Island 1783 Chesapeake Bay

Southern theater
1780–1783

1780

1781

Yorktown Campaign

1782

1783

Chesapeake Bay

The Battle of Videau's Bridge (also known as Smith's plantation) was an engagement of the American Revolutionary War fought on January 3, 1782 in Charles Town District, currently Berkeley County, South Carolina. The British routed an American force opposing a foraging expedition they sent from Charleston. The British claimed to kill 57 and capture 20 Americans.

Order of Battle

Patriots:

400 men under the command of Col. Richard Richardson, Jr.
Berkeley County Regiment of Militia detachment led by Col. Richard Richardson, Jr. with two known companies, led by:
- Capt. William Capers
- Capt. Gavin Witherspoon
South Carolina 3rd Regiment of State Dragoons (State Troops) detachment led by Major Samuel Cooper, with three known companies, led by:
- Capt. William Bennett
- Capt. George Sinclair Capers (wounded)
- Capt. John Carraway Smith

British/Loyalists:

360 men commanded by Major William Brereton
British Regulars, Grenadiers & Light Infantry led by Major William Brereton
NY Volunteers, Major John Coffin's Troop of Mounted Infantry led by Major John Coffin
SC Royalists detachment led by Capt. Archibald Campbell (killed)
Volunteers of Ireland led by Major John Doyle
Independent Troop of Black Dragoons (Loyalists) led by Capt. March with Lt. Mingo

Notes

McCrady, Edward, The History of South Carolina in the Revolution, 1780-1783, Macmillan & Co., ltd., 1902 pp. 589-593
^ Lewis, J.D. "THe American Revolution in South Carolina, Videaus Bridge". Retrieved March 28, 2019.

v t e South Carolina in the American Revolution
1775	Snow Campaign Siege of Savage's Old Fields Battle of Great Cane Brake Battle of the Rice Boats Battle of Sullivan's Island Moultrie Flag Carolina Day Battle of Lindley's Fort
1779	Battle of Beaufort Battle of Stono Ferry Action of 11 September 1779
1780	Siege of Charleston Battle of Monck's Corner Battle of Lenud's Ferry Battle of Waxhaws Battle of Mobley's Meeting House Battle of Rocky Mount Huck's Defeat Battle of Cedar Springs Battle of Hanging Rock Battle of Camden Battle of Fishing Creek Battle of Musgrove Mill Battle of Black Mingo Battle of Kings Mountain Battle of Tearcoat Swamp Battle of Fishdam Ford Battle of Blackstock's Farm
1781	Battle of Cowpens Siege of Fort Watson Battle of Hobkirk's Hill Siege of Fort Motte Siege of Ninety-Six Capture of HMS Savage Battle of Eutaw Springs
1782	Battle of Videau's Bridge Battle of Wambaw Battle of the Combahee River Battle of James Island British evacuate Charleston

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