The Journal of the Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution Vol. 12, No. 1.1 January 23, 2015 Gen. Nathanael Greene’s Moves to Force the British into the Charlestown area, to Capture Dorchester, Johns Island and to Protect the Jacksonborough Assembly November 1781 – February 1782 Charles B. Baxley © 2015 Fall 1781 – South Carolina The…
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71st Fraser’s Highlanders in the Cheraws – Summer 1780
An account of their activities on detachment in Cheraw, SC in the summer of 1780, reported by Stephanie J. Briggs, with grateful acknowledgements to artist Don Troiani and other researchers. At the start of the American Revolutionary War, the 71st Regiment of (Highland) Foot, commonly referred to as the “Fraser’s Highlanders,” was raised in Scotland…
Southern States Total Solar Eclipse on 24 June 1778
Vol. 10 No. 3 Fall 2014 On 24 June 1778, a combined American force of Col. Samuel Elbert’s Georgia Continentals, South Carolina Continentals commanded by Col. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, reinforced by South Carolina backcountry militiamen under Col. Andrew Williamson, and Georgia militiamen commanded by Gov. John Houston were gathering at the Satilla River…
Southern Campaigns Pension Transcriptions Hit 20,000+!
Vol. 10, No. 2 Summer 2014 WHAT CAN PENSION APPLICATIONS CONTRIBUTE TO UNDERSTANDING THE BATTLE OF THE WAXHAWS AND OTHER EVENTS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR? C. Leon Harris INTRODUCTION Twelve years ago when asked what I intended to do as a retired biology professor, spending about eight hours a day transcribing pension applications…
The Parole of Col. Andrew Pickens
Vol. 10 No. 1.0 Spring 2014 William R. Reynolds, Jr. The fall of Charles Town in May of 1780 was interesting in itself, but it led to a most intriguing action—mass parole of American Whig militiamen. One of the more fascinating stories is that of then Colonel Andrew Pickens’ parole period. The events surrounding…