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In January 1782, Brig. Gen. Francis Marion temporarily left his militia brigade to take a seat in the South Carolina General Assembly. The following...

Moores Creek Bridge occurred between Patriot and Loyalist forces in North Carolina on February 27, 1776. Loyalist forces anticipated support from a...

The Battle of Fort Ann on July 8, 1777, was a British victory, but was remarkably advantageous for the Patriots because it hindered the progress of...

Pyle’s Defeat occurred on February 25, 1781, when Patriot forces sought to disrupt Tory reinforcements from reaching General Charles Cornwallis and...

Sullivan’s Island cradles the South Carolina coast at the northern mouth of Charleston Harbor. Its history is one of heartbreak, tenacity, defeat, and...

While the events at Yorktown in October 1781 had drastically changed the winds of the war, now blowing in favor of the Americans, the war itself had...

Parker’s Ferry was a major thoroughfare crossing the Pon Pon River (Edisto River) about 33 miles west of Charleston. Here Brigadier General Francis...

In the summer of 1777, a British army under the command of General John Burgoyne planned a siege of Fort Ticonderoga, an American fortification that...

On Christmas Day 1780, Patriot Brigadier General Daniel Morgan encamped on the Pacolet River at Grindal Shoals, South Carolina, the plantation of a...

By May 1780, British forces controlled four important towns in South Carolina: Camden, Cheraw, Georgetown, and Ninety-Six—and the city of Charleston...

During the 1777 Saratoga Campaign, there were several crucial limited engagements that played a role in slowing down General John Burgoyne’s 8,000-man...

By 1778, it was becoming clear that British attempts to subdue the northern colonies were being met with mixed results. While successful during the...