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Following the capture of Charleston in May, 1780 the British army under Charles, Lord Cornwallis established a string of outposts throughout South...

On March 15, 1781, British General Charles Lord Cornwallis’s army of 2,100 men engaged a Continental army under Major General Nathanael Greene at...

The battle of Eutaw Springs in the American Revolution took place in South Carolina on Sep 8, 1781. The British held the field at the end of the...

A stunning example of military prowess and skilled leadership, the Battle of Cowpens near Chesnee, South Carolina, was a critical American victory in...

In December 1779, the British Commander-in-Chief in America, General Sir Henry Clinton, left New York City with a fleet of ninety troopships, fourteen...

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...

The first British effort to capture Charleston, South Carolina in the summer of 1776 ends in failure.

The Battle of Newton occurred on August 29, 1779, as part of the Sullivan Campaign to put an end to the continuous raids waged against the Patriots by...

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...