Henry Lee in his Lee’s Legion uniform as depicted by artist Thomas Kelly Pauley. www.pauleyportraits.com The Life and Times of Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee April 26-28, 3013 – Greensboro, NC – Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution with the Sons of the Revolution in the State of North Carolina presents their dynamic, fun, and scholarly symposium on…
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The Pennsylvania Longrifle in South Carolina during the American War of Independence
by James R. Mc Intyre[1] Haymaker and Humble Cheeks, two beautiful examples of the craftsman’s arts. The top “Pennsylvania” rifle was made in Virginia before 1774; the bottom rifle was made in the Kentucky region of Virginia in 1780. Photo by Mel Hankla. The Pennsylvania longrifle and the men who carried it occupy an ambiguous…
Battle of Sullivans Island and Breach Inlet – June 21-29, 1776
One of several great contemporaneous maps depicting the British loss of their first attempt to re-capture their colony of South Carolina. The Royal Navy’s attack on the partially completed palmetto log and sand fort on Sullivan’s Island, led by Commodore Sir Peter Parker, failed after hours of bombardment. The soft palmetto log revetments absorbed the damaging…