I believe the answer is A. Explanation: A militia force of Patriots decisively defeated and scattered a Loyalist militia force that was on its way to British-controlled Augusta. The victory demonstrated the inability of British forces to hold the interior of the state, or to protect even sizable numbers of Loyalist recruits outside their immediate area. (Note that the Loyalist militia were American colonists who stayed loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War. The Loyalists were opposed by the Patriots, who supported the revolution.)
