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Battle of Van Creek
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Date February 11, 1779
Location
Result Loyalist victory
Belligerents
 United States Kingdom of Great Britain Loyalist militia
Commanders and leaders
William Baskins
John Miller
John Boyd
Strength
100 Militia 600 Militia
Casualties and losses
1 killed
15 wounded
17 captured
perhaps 100 lost; mostly deserted

The Battle of Van Creek was a small engagement on February 11, 1779, near Elberton, Georgia, during the American Revolutionary War. About 100 Patriot militia men sought to stop a Loyalist force of about 600 men from crossing the Savannah River to rendezvous with a British force which had recently captured Augusta, Georgia. The Loyalist force was able to flank and defeat the Patriot militia and cross the river. However, the Loyalists lost about 100 men, almost all through desertions, and suffered its own defeat and further losses a few days later at the Battle of Kettle Creek.

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