This Day in History: A much-needed victory at Kettle Creek

On this day in 1779, an outnumbered band of Patriots defeats a group of Loyalists near Kettle Creek in Georgia. The battle would prove to be an important victory for the American cause.
At this point in the American Revolution, the British were working on their “southern strategy.” They’d become frustrated with the status of the war in the North. Surely a few significant victories in the South would allow them to establish a base from which they could crush the remaining rebellion in the North?