The Battle of Great Cane Brake was a skirmish fought on December 22, 1775, during the American Revolutionary War in what was then Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, modern Greenville County.

The Great Cane Brake was located on the Reedy River in the southern portion of present Greenville County, The only location Col. Richardson gives us is that the site was a long march of nearly twenty-five miles from his camp at Hollingsworth's Mill on Raborn's Creek (in present-day Laurens County, and the modern spelling is Rabon Creek).

Description: The Timber Rattlesnake, also known as a Canebrake Rattlesnake in coastal potions of its range, is a large bodied pit viper with an average adult size of 30-60 inches (76-152 cm) and weight between 1 – 3 pounds.

Oct 12, 2010 · Here along the south side of the creek to Reedy River was fought, Dec. 22, 1775, the Battle of Great Cane Break, between a force of South Carolinians under Colonel William Thompson and a band of Tories under Patrick Cuningham. The Tories were completely routed and Cuningham himself narrowly escaped.

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December 22, 1775 at Greenville County, near Simpsonville, South Carolina Facts about the Battle of Great Cane Brake Armies - American Forces was commanded by Capt. Patrick Cunningham and consisted of about 500 Soldiers.

A canebrake or canebreak is a thicket of any of a variety of Arundinaria grasses: A. gigantea, A. tecta and A. appalachiana. As a bamboo , these giant grasses grow in thickets up to 24 feet (7.3 m) tall.

Legal Status: Common in South Carolina, and illegal to harm, capture, or remove from the wild in South Carolina. Other Names: Canebrake rattlesnake, banded rattlesnake, yellow rattlesnake, and black rattlesnake.

Here along the south side of the creek to Reedy River was fought, Dec. 22, 1775, the Battle of Great Cane Break, between a force of South Carolinians under Colonel William Thompson and a band of Tories under Patrick Cuningham. The Tories were completely routed and Cuningham himself narrowly escaped.

Information about Cane Brake Plantation, including its location, history, land, crops, owners, slaves, buildings, and current status.