by sc250v2 | Jan 28, 2026
Serving for at least six years of the eight-year war, Bailey Anderson was deeply involved in the battles of Revolutionary South Carolina. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War in 1775, Anderson was 21 years old and living ten miles north of present-day Spartanburg...
by sc250v2 | Jan 28, 2026
Joseph Herndon was a private in the North Carolina Militia at the Battle of Camden. He survived the disaster at Camden and went on to serve at Guilford Courthouse until he was captured during David Fanning’s raid on the Chatham County (NC) courthouse in July of 1781....
by sc250v2 | Jan 28, 2026
On June 15, 1776, Capt. William Ritche discovered that William Cunningham, an infamous South Carolina Loyalist, had deserted the Patriot cause and fled to Savannah, Georgia. Ritche rode to Cunningham’s home and assaulted his debilitated brother and parents. Upon...
