The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to the American Revolution in South Carolina details the people, places, and struggles that defined the region's prominent role in the path to American liberty from British authority. Nearly 140 battles of the American Revolution were fought in South Carolina, more than in any other colony. As America's first civil war, the revolution pitted Loyalists against partisans and patriots in the fierce combat that established the legacies of figures such as Francis Marion, Nathanael Greene, Peter Horry, Henry and John Laurens, Daniel Morgan, and Andrew Jackson. In addition to profiling these leaders, this guide also chronicles the major combat operations, including the battles of Ninety Six, Cowpens, Camden, Kings
Mountain, and Charleston Harbor. Also documented are the vital contributions of African Americans and Native Americans in the struggle and the roles of Revolutionary War heroines such as Kate Barry, Emily Geiger, Rebecca Brewton Motte, and Dorcas Nelson Richardson. The origins of the South Carolina state flag and seal in the war are detailed as well in this treasure trove of fascinating information for students and historians of the American Revolution.
- Cover
- Contents
- Series Editor’s Preface
- Revolutionary War
- African Americans in the Revolutionary War
- Barry, Margaret Catherine Moore
- Bratton, William
- Brown, Thomas
- Bull, Stephen
- Bull, William, II
- Camden, Battle of
- Campbell, Lord William
- Carolina Black Corps
- Charleston, Siege of
- Cherokee War
- Commons House of Assembly
- Constitutions
- Continental Regiments
- Council of Safety
- Cowpens, Battle of
- Cunningham, William
- Davie, William Richardson
- De Kalb, Johann
- Drayton, William Henry
- Eutaw Springs, Battle of
- Fayssoux, Peter
- Fishing Creek, Battle of
- Fort Johnson
- Fort Motte
- Fort Moultrie
- Fort Watson
- Gadsden, Christopher
- Gadsden flag
- Geiger, Emily
- Gillon, Alexander
- Grimké, John Faucheraud
- Guerard, Benjamin
- Hamilton, Paul
- Hampton, Wade, I
- Hanging Rock, Battle of
- Harden, William
- Hart, Oliver
- Heyward, Thomas, Jr.
- Hobkirk Hill, Battle of
- Horry, Peter
- Huck, Christian
- Huger, Isaac
- Izard, Ralph
- Jackson, Andrew
- James, John
- Jasper, William
- Jeremiah, Thomas
- Kershaw, Joseph
- Kings Mountain, Battle of
- Laurens, Henry
- Laurens, John
- Leigh, Sir Egerton
- Lincoln, Benjamin
- Lowndes, Rawlins
- Loyalists
- Lynch, Thomas, Jr.
- Lynch, Thomas, Sr.
- Maham, Hezekiah
- Manigault, Gabriel
- Marion, Francis
- Mathews, John
- McCall, James
- Middleton, Arthur
- Middleton, Henry
- Motte, Rebecca Brewton
- Moultrie, William
- Moultrie flag
- Ninety Six, Battles of
- Parker’s Ferry, Battle of
- Partisans
- Pickens, Andrew
- Pinckney, Charles
- Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth
- Pinckney, Thomas
- Port Royal Island, Battle of
- Provincials
- Ramsay, David
- Read, Jacob
- Richardson, Dorcas Nelson
- Richardson, Richard
- Royal Council
- Rutledge, Edward
- Rutledge, John
- Salvador, Francis
- Snow’s Island
- South Carolina
- State flag
- State mottoes
- State seal
- Stuart, John
- Sullivan’s Island, Battle of
- Sumter, Thomas
- Tarleton, Banastre
- Timothy, Peter
- Vanderhorst, Arnoldus
- Walter, Thomas
- Washington, William
- Waxhaws, Battle of the
- Williamson, Andrew
- Williamson’s Plantation, Battle of
- Wragg, William
- Zubly, John Joachim
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