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On Apr. 9, 1865, the day of Gen. Lee's surrender, one of the last battles of the War between the States was fought here at Dingle's Mill. A Confederate homeguard of 158 old men, boys, and convalescents, rallied by Col. Geo. W. Lee, made a gallant stand and stopped for several hours the advance of 2700 Union troops under Gen. Edward E. Potter in an effort to halt Potter's Raid. That expedition had left Georgetown on April 5, laid waste the country, and by April 21 had accomplished its chief objective, the destruction of the railroads between the Pedee and Wateree. Confederate casualties were 12 and Union casualties were 26.
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South Sumter, South Carolina · United States
