Letter of General George Rutledge (who was in the battle, an eye-witness of what he describes), May 27, 1813.

But there is an irreconcilable conflict of testimony as to whether Campbell or Evan Shelby received De Peyster's sword.] The various British officers likewise surrendered their swords, to different Americans; many of the militia commanders who had hitherto only possessed a tomahawk or scalping-knife thus for the first time getting possession of one of the coveted weapons.
Almost the entire British and tory force was killed or captured; the only men who escaped were the few who got through the American lines by adopting the whig badges.

About three hundred of the loyalists were killed or disabled; the slightly wounded do not seem to have been counted.

[Footnote: For the loyalist losses, see _ante_, note discussing their numbers.

The "South Carolina Loyalist" says they lost about a third of their number.