by sc250v2 | Jan 28, 2026
In May of 1780, Patriot militia Capt. John McClure allied with Col. Richard Winn and Lt. Col. William Bratton to launch an attack against Col. Charles Coleman’s Loyalists, who were entrenched in a fortified blockhouse. The Patriots managed to reclaim a significant...
by sc250v2 | Jan 28, 2026
On April 22nd, 1781, Patriot Gen. Nathanael Greene’s army of 1,600 men laid siege to the British fort at Ninety Six. He employed traditional siege tactics, such as digging trenches and bombarding the fort with artillery, but he couldn’t compel the British to...
by sc250v2 | Jan 28, 2026
During the night of May 20th, 1779, British troops attacked and routed a Patriot militia force guarding the Stono River plantation of Capt. John Raven Mathews, the future governor of South Carolina. The British gave no quarter to the Patriots and slaughtered them....
by sc250v2 | Jan 28, 2026
Colonel Harry Lee and Lee’s Legion from Virginia had joined General Francis Marion and Marion’s Brigade on the Black River on April 14, 1781. Marion and Lee elected to capture the British fort, which was built in December 1780. Fort Watson was on the Santee River and...
by sc250v2 | Jan 28, 2026
A hotly contested battle lasting five hours, the Battle of Eutaw Springs took place on September 8th, 1781. The Patriots, led by Major General Nathanael Greene, attacked a British camp on Eutaw Creek, and suffered 692 losses which included 251 killed, 367 wounded, and...
