Aware the Greene had split his forces, Lieutenant General Lord Charles Cornwallis dispatched an 1,100-man force under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton to destroy Morgan's command.
ຮູ້ວ່າ Greene ໄດ້ແບ່ງປັນກໍາລັງຂອງຕົນ, Lieutenant General Charles Charleswallis ສົ່ງກໍາລັງແຮງ 1,100 ຄົນພາຍໃຕ້ທະຫານຕໍາຫລວດ Banastre Tarleton ເພື່ອທໍາລາຍຄໍາສັ່ງຂອງ Morgan.