Thanks muchly for twinging my memory with Huck’s defeat. Love American history and wish it were really taught in schools. Kids today know nothing about our patriots. Have you tracked down the details of your ancestors’ participation? Might make an interesting book.
It was one of the first of the series of militia actions in the South like King's Mountain, Cowpens, and Ninety-Six.
The Tory commander was Christian Huck, a subordinate of Banastre Tarleton, and Huck had participated in the massacre at Waxhaws. I had a couple of Carroll ancestors at Huck's Defeat, one of them shot Huck off of his horse and killed him. The majority of Huck's troops were killed in the battle. Probably payback for Waxhaws and the abuse of patriot civilians that they had been engaging in.
Mel Gibson's 'The Patriot' gives an idea of the militia war in the Southern campaign.