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In the closing weeks of 1782, the British forces occupying Charleston were preparing to evacuate the city. In the meantime, foraging parties were sent...

In December 1778, the British army successfully captured Savannah, Georgia, marking the first time they established a military presence in the...

The South Carolinians elected Colonel Thomas Sumter as their leader at a backwoods meeting in North Carolina and he immediately worked to raise the...

In the closing weeks of 1780, the British Army under General Lord Cornwallis was encamped at Winnsborough, South Carolina. Reeling from the disastrous...

History records the plight of the Continental Army in December 1776 as one of desperation: disease, starvation and plummeting morale coming on the...

In 1776, British-allied Cherokee began a campaign into southern and western colonial settlements, prompting a South Carolina backcountry militia led...

Fought on November 16, 1776 on the island of Manhattan, the Battle of Fort Washington was the final devastating chapter in General Washington’s...

The Battle of Pell’s Point stands as one in a series of engagements in the New York campaign between August and October of 1776. British forces...

In this first battle of the American Revolution, Massachusetts colonists defied British authority, outnumbered and outfought the Redcoats, and...

Following the disasters at Charleston and Waxhaws, Patriot forces strike a blow against the British in South Carolina.

Patriot forces earn in victory in the effort to drive the British from South Carolina after the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.

The primary approach to Norfolk, Virginia, was over Great Bridge, which spanned the Elizabeth River. On the morning of December 9, 1775, British...