Why was the Kettle Creek battle was a small but IMPORTANT victory for the Patriots?

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.

what group of people depend on what yoy are talking i will still you once you tell me what group of people you are talking about : )

i think i know what group you are talking about so the brahmins