Battle At Charleston has a wealth of historical information and photos about Revolutionary War and Civil War battles that took place in Charleston, South Carolina. The best battle maps seen anywhere!
James Early returns to the History Unplugged Podcast to kick off a massive series called Key Battles of the Revolutionary War. We get in-depth into the battles that determined the outcome of one of the most consequential wars in history. But we also go deep into the background of social, ...
The Revolutionary War Visitor Center at Camden tells the story of the real turning point of the Revolution – The Southern Campaign. Discover Friends and Foes of the cause as well as the hard-fought battles by determined patriots with their hearts set on liberty. ...
Battles and General Francis Marion between noon and 1. Thanks for the article to The Item & Konstantin Vengerowsky Skills to be experienced: Back-country Clothing, Basket-making, Bees & Candle-making, Black-powder Flintlocks, Colonial Blacksmith, Colonial Food & Medicine, Colonial Crafts, ...
After this 1777 battle, the Revolutionary War in Vermont devolved into skirmishes and small battles. The most famous raid was the Royalton Raid in 1781 (see Neil Goodwin’s book among the Secondary Sources below). Peace returned to Vermont in 1780 but the region would not officially become a...
After the war, patriot militia General William Moultre noted that the lopsided number of casualties between British and Americans was not unusual for similar battles in which one cavalry gained a decided advantage early in a battle. Historian Jim Piecuch argues that the battle was no more a mas...
American Revolution in North Carolina. “List of Officers of North Carolina Militias.” Ashmore, Otis; Olmstead, Charles (June 1926). “The Battles of Kettle Creek and Brier Creek”. The Georgia Historical Quarterly. June 1926(2): pp 85–125. Cox, William E. “Brigadier General...
February 5, 2023Armies, Battles, British, Colonial, Strategy & TacticsHarry Schenawolf Lt. Colonel Banaster Tarleton’s British Legion. Artwork by Warner Willis. On April 14, 1780, at 3 AM, Banastre Tarleton’s Partisan Legion, a loyalist mixture of dragoons and mounted infantry, thundered ...
The Battle of Eutaw Springs was one of the hardest fought and bloodiest battles of the Revolution. The total number of casualties to both sides was 1,447. That is 34.4 % of all those who fought that bloody day or one in three who participated. It proved to be th...
Born January 1, 1745 in Paoli, PA, by age thirty-two, Wayne was promoted to Brigadier General in the young Continental Army. A renowned fighter, his men were as stubborn and fierce as their commander, earning accolades at the Battles of Germantown, Monmouth, Stony Point, and Brandywine, wh...