The Union County Historical Society is proud to announce a special presentation by battlefield preservationist Durant Ashmore. The presentation will be held on Thursday, June 26 at 7:00PM in the meeting room at the From Building (103 W Main Street).
Mr. Ashmore is a resident of Greenville, SC and a graduate of Furman University. He holds a master’s degree in landscape architecture and a graduate minor in historic preservation from the University of Georgia. Ashmore specializes in the history of the Upstate during the Revolutionary War and has appeared for speaking engagements at museums and libraries throughout the Upstate. He also gives lectures on his YouTube channel Durant Ashemore’s Backcountry Revolutionary History. Ashmore frequently hosts “Battlefield Walks”, where he guides participants through the areas where the war was fought in Upstate SC, and is the caretaker at six different battlefields in the area.
Ashmore’s upcoming lecture will cover Colonel Thomas Brandon and the Second Spartan Regiment (also recorded as the Fair Forest Regiment or Tyger Regiment). Colonel Brandon, originally from Pennsylvania, emigrated to Union between 1754 and 1755. In 1780, he became commander of the regiment, and fought in the battles of Musgrove Mill, King’s Mountain, Blackstock, and Cowpens, commanding other soldiers from Union.
Members of the historical society and non-members alike are encouraged to attend. Doors open at 6:30PM.
