C. Leon Harris Early in 1780 with almost the entire Virginia Continental Army surrounded at Charleston SC, Virginia hastily recruited some 350 soldiers to be sent as reinforcements. These troops, called the Third Virginia Detachment and attached to Gen. Charles Scott’s Second Continental Brigade, assembled at Petersburg under Col. Abraham Buford. On March 29 the…
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Button Gwinnett & Lachlan McIntosh – Dueling in Savannah
Wayne Lynch For the first year after the Declaration of Independence, the feud between Gov. Button Gwinnett and Gen. Lachlan McIntosh dominated the political scene in the new state of Georgia. While Gwinnett is most known for his role as a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a detailed look into the story demonstrates his almost…
Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Roundtable and Corps of Discovery
February 20, 2016 – Ebenezer, Ga. – Saturday the Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Roundtable will meet at the New Ebenezer Retreat Center. This morning Round Table will be followed by an afternoon Corps of Discovery walking tour. We will meet in the Retreat’s cafeteria from 10:00 am until about noon for presentations, break for a “Dutch Treat” lunch ($10) in the…
Dr. Irene Boland
On January 3, 2016 our community lost a faithful ally. Dr. Irene Boland of Winthrop University passed away. Irene spoke at the 2006 Gen. Nathanael Greene Symposium on Eutaw Springs on the influence of geology and topography on the battle. She was quite active in historical and geological research, blending her interests through projects like…
The Memorial of David Fanning
Hershel Parker In November 1782, David Fanning (1755-1825), the last colonel of the Loyalist Militia of North Carolina, boarded a ship in the British evacuation of Charlestown. Still young, he was famous for bold military strategy and notorious for brutal marauding. Appalled by his off-the-battlefield mayhem, the North Carolina Assembly in 1783 in its “Act…