General Thomas Sumter commanded a group of approximately 350 partisans and tried to take Fort Granby. After finding the fort too strong for his force to successfully attack, he decided to move to Orangeburg and attack the British Garrison stationed there. Orangeburg is on the North Edisto River, some 50 miles south of Fort Granby, and was a British post. Earlier, British Lt. Col. Francis Rawdon had sent orders to the post for the soldiers to abandon it, but the garrison never received this order.

This image was created by blending a patriotic sketch with Ai text-prompts to illustrate the Surrender of Orangeburg, which took place on May 10th-11th, 1781 during the American Revolution.

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