Capture of Fort Balfour

Capture of Fort Balfour
	Part of the American Revolutionary War
	; Cite of Fort Balfour marked out on an 1864 map: sourced from University of SC Scholar Commons
Date	April 13, 1781
Location	Fort Balfour, Beaufort County, South Carolina32°36′18″N 80°54′05″W / 32.60500°N 80.90139°W
Result	Capture of Fort Balfour and its garrison by South Carolina Militia
Belligerents
South Carolina Militia	British Loyalist Fort Garrison
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Col. William Harden Lt. Paul Hamilton;	Col. Nicholas Lechmere (POW) ; Lt. Col. Fletcher Kelsall ; Maj. Andrew DeVeaux ;
Strength
~100 South Carolina Militia	~110 provincial militia
Casualties and losses
2 killed ; 1 wounded	~110 captured ; 1 six pounder cannon destroyed

The Capture of Fort Balfour in 1781, Beaufort County, South Carolina, was a small battle in the American Revolutionary War where a detachment of Francis Marion's militia under the command of Lt. Col. William Harden, captured a force at the Loyalist held fort along the Pocotaligo River.