Murder or self defense? You would be hard pressed to second guess a man like Josiah Culbertson. A Hunter and tracker, he would join one Patriot band and then another as a situation arose. At times he served under Col Roebuck\’s Spartan Regiment and Col. Shelby’s “Over the Mountain Men.\” He was a true Son of Liberty. […]
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When asked his name Noah replied, “Hampton.” Enraged, “they cursed him for a Rebel, and ran him through with a bayonet.”(1) Yet the British were having the worst of this running battle from July 12-16, 1780. Loyalists Captain James Dunlap ran into the Hampton’s, Capt. John Jones and other Patriots under General McDowell in and around Landrum. Night raids were made
Victory thwarted by treachery and deceit in July of 1775! Patriot Major James Mayson\’s men successfully snatch the gunpowder and supplies from Fort Charlotte (Savannah River) on the 12th. But they lose it 5 days later when the militia at Ninety Six turn back to the Crown. Mayson\’s men march into Ninety Six and are
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The Patriot fires blazed hot by the banks of the Broad River on November 9, 1780. Colonel Thomas Taylor had convinced General Sumter of prudent measures against an impending attack.British Major Wemyss and his band of loyalists charged into the light of the fires, intent on finally killing General Thomas Sumter and his warriors. What they found
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