Three days after the battle, the British troops evacuated the post at Stono Ferry, and also the island of St. John, passing along the coast from island to island till they reached Beaufort in the island of Port Royal. Here General Prevost left a garrison under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Maitland, and proceeded with the remainder of his force, with which was the South Carolina Regiment, to the town of Savannah.
The heat had now become too intense for active service; and the care of the officers was employed in preserving their men from the fevers of the season, and keeping them in a condition for service next campaign, which was expected to open in October.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] De Lancey's Corps, the New York Volunteers, and Skinner's Corps.
[2] "Annual Register," 1779, Beatson's "Memoirs," Gordon's "History of the American War," etc. etc.
[3] Beatson's "Naval and Military Memoirs," vol. iv. p. 492.
[4] Major-General Prevost had come from Florida and assumed command in January.
[5] "Return of the killed, wounded, and missing at the repulse of the Rebels at Stono Ferry, South Carolina, June 20th, 1779."