Regional1780

Battle of Waxhaw

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United States

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Waxhaw (1780), part of the War of the American Revolution. United Kingdom defeated United States. Battle followed by a massacre.

Belligerents2

United Kingdom
United States

ON THE MAPBritish Empire (1763)

Conflict graph

PART OFAmerican Revolutionary War

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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Cite as: Battle of Waxhaw (1780). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-waxhaw · Sources & methodology