The Battle of Ogeechee Ferry/Harris's Bridge
May 20, 1782 at ??, Georgia

Americans Commanded by Maj. Gen. Anthony Wayne Forces Killed Wounded Captured - 5 2 - British Commanded by Lt. Col. Thomas Brown Forces Killed Wounded Captured 560+ 40* - 18 *Killed or Wounded Conclusion: American Victory

On May 20, Lt. Col. Thomas Brown was still expecting the Creek chief Emistisiguo and his band of Creeks. Brown sent Capt. James Ingram and the Augusta Volunteers to the Ogeechee Ferry. Maj. Gen. Anthgony Wayne discovered that the British detachment had left from Savannah and plotted a course to intercept them. The Patriot advance guard consiusted of the Light Infantry, commanded by Capt. Alexander Parker, and the Continental Dragoons, commanded by Col. Anthony White.
Wayne received word from Lt. Col. ?? Jackson that the British detachment was at harris's Bridge on the Ogeechee Road and a smaller group at the ferry. At 10:00 P.M., Parker met a group of the Loyalists and captured all of them but one. That one escaped and warned the main Loyalist body of the Patriot's approach. At midnight, Brown arrived with a force of Rangers, infantry, and the dragoons. The dragoons tried a charge into the Patriots but was forced back. The dragoons crowded the causeway, causing the Loyalist force to not to be able to properly deploy. The Patriots charged the Loyalists, forcing them to scatter into the nearby swamps and returning to Savannah.