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combahee river
The Combahee RiverMerriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition (Merriam-Webster, 1997; ), p. 272. is a short blackwater river in the southern Lowcountry region of South Carolina formed at the confluence of the Salkehatchie and Little Salkehatchie rivers near the Islandton community of Colleton County, South Carolina.
Battle of the Combahee River
The Battle of the Combahee River took place during the American Revolutionary War on August 27, 1782, near Beaufort, South Carolina, one of many such confrontations after the Siege of Yorktown to occur before the British evacuated Charleston in December 1782.
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