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British officer commanding at Eutaw Springs after Lord Rawdon departed for Britain. Stewart's force fought Greene to a tactical draw on September 8, 1781, but the casualties stripped his army of its capacity for field operations. He withdrew to Charleston after the battle and remained there until the British evacuation.

South Carolina partisan commander who brought his militia brigade to Eutaw Springs as part of Greene's combined force. Marion's men had been operating in the Santee River lowcountry for over a year and provided critical local intelligence about Stewart's position and strength.

Rhode Island Quaker who became Washington's most capable general. Commanded the Southern Department from December 1780, rebuilding the shattered army and fighting a campaign of strategic attrition that expelled British forces without winning a single tactical victory.

British infantry major commanding a flank battalion at Eutaw Springs. When the main British line collapsed, Marjoribanks held his position in a blackjack thicket near the brick house with disciplined fire that stopped the American pursuit. He was mortally wounded late in the battle and died shortly afterward, but his action prevented what might have been a total British defeat.

Maryland officer and Greene's most reliable subordinate. Commanded the Guilford Courthouse rear guard that kept the army intact during withdrawal, preventing Cornwallis from converting his tactical victory into annihilation.

Continental cavalry commander whose legion screened the American advance at Eutaw Springs and engaged in the fighting around the brick house. Lee's memoir of the southern campaign, written decades later, is one of the primary narrative sources for the engagement, though historians note it is colored by his self-promotion.

South Carolina Continental officer who commanded state troops at Eutaw Springs. Henderson's regiment maintained discipline through the chaotic fighting in the British camp and around the brick house, and he was severely wounded during the engagement.

Virginia Continental officer commanding the 1st Virginia Regiment at Eutaw Springs. Campbell led his regiment in the main Continental assault that drove the British from the field in the battle's second phase; he was killed during the engagement, one of the most senior American officers to die at Eutaw Springs.