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Baron Johann Dekalb was second-in-command to General Horatio Gates.
South Carolina's Role in the Revolutionary War
Learn about South Carolina's role in the American Revolutionary War. Also, learn about major battles fought in South Carolina and meet political and war heroes like William Jasper, Thomas Sumter, Andrew Pickens, Francis Marion and more.
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General Horatio Gates was the leader of the new Continental Army in the South. He was known as the “Hero of Saratoga,” one of the biggest patriot victories, in New York State in 1777. His second-in...
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General Henry Clinton and the British high command decided what they needed was a “Southern strategy.” The British decided to bring the war to the South because (1) they hadn’t really won any major...
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The War for American Independence began well for the Patriots in the South. In the city of Charles Town, South Carolina (known as “Charleston” after the war)—an unfinished palmetto fort withstood the...
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Settled in the mid-18 th century by the Bratton family—Scots-Irish Presbyterians, originally of Scottish ancestry, who had moved to northern Ireland in the 17 th century, and came to North America in...
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Brief history of the Revolutionary War Battle at Tearcoat Swamp, in 1780, near Sumter, S.C.
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A brief look at Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corner, S.C., former home of Henry Laurens, a member of the Continental Congress who later became its president. Mepkin Abbey was later owned by publisher Henry...
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Brief history of the Revolutionary War Battle of Camden, S.C. that occurred August 16, 1780.
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Brief history of the Revolutionary War Battle of Hobkirk Hill in Camden S.C. that occurred in April 1781.
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Following the Tea Act of 1773 many colonial citizens refused to pay the duty and boycotted British tea. This video portrays actions taken by some citizens of Charleston in November and December, 1774...