The Battle of Eutaw Springs (the seige of Charleston) was the last important battle in the battles for the Carolinas. It was fought on September 8th, 1781, close to Eutawville, South Carolina. The Patriot troops with General Nathanael Greene in charge attacked British Colonel Alexander Stewart and his troops at four in the morning. This move forced the British off the field. The British troops gathered and pushed back the Continental Army. That night Colonel Stewart and his regiment retreated. This battle provoked the Battle of Yorktown, the final battle of the war.

last important engagement in the Carolina campaign of the American Revolution (1775-1783), fought on September 8, 1781, near Eutawville, South Carolina. The American forces under General Nathanael Greene attacked at 4 AM, driving British troops under Colonel Alexander Stewart from the field. The British then rallied and repulsed the Americans. After sunset, Stewart retreated toward Charleston. The battle was an important victory for the Americans; it forced the British to remain within Charleston and prepared the way for the siege of Yorktown.

The final battle of the year took place at Eutaw Springs. General Greene's Army approached the army of Colonel Stewart located in Eutaw Springs 30 miles northwest of Charleston. Greene believed that if he could destroy Stewart he could end the British threat to the south once and for all. Early in the morning of September 8th American troops advanced on the British troops. The American attack floundered when the men stopped to plunder the camp. The British counterattacked and forced the Americans to withdraw. The end result however, was that the British were too weak to hold the field anymore.

At Eutaw Springs, South Carolina, the American forces under General Nathanael Greene were forced to withdraw after an assault upon the British under Col. Alexander Stewart.