John \”Jack\” Parker reflects on his book, \”Parker\’s Guide to Revolution in South Carolina\”. It has been referred to in some circles as the \”Bible\” of the Revolutionary War in SC.
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Zach Lemhouse gives an overview of York County, SC leading up to the Revolutionary War
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Kim Stacy discusses the life of the everyday British soldier during the American Revolution, part 2
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Ola Jean Kelly tells us how Union County came into existence and some of the Revolutionary history from that patriotic corner of the south
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After the Revolutionary War the United States settled in to grow and expand. Stoneware was developed and played an integral part in both. Philip Wingard of Southern Decorative Arts in Clover, SC takes us through some of the history
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Jim Piecuch speaks about the Cavalry in the American Revolution and his book on the topic
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LT Williamson talks about his personal research on his ancestor, Josiah Marcum, who first rode into war at the age of 16 and later fought at Camden, Kings Mountain and Guilford Courthouse.
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Trey Dunaway speaks on the Long Leaf Pine Preserve and the work at the site of the first Battle of Camden, SC
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Tom Oblak is a retired US Army infantryman in charge of the four cannon pieces at the Battle of Camden, SC.
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Treason in England was punishable by having the man’s entrails cut from his body and then his body dismembered. In order to dismember the person the extremities were often times tied by rope and pulled in opposite directions by men on horseback. The arms and legs would be pulled in four different directions until they
Sixteen dollars a week was good money for a 16 year old in the deep south in 1942. There weren’t a whole lot of opportunities for a young man in Mooresville, NC in regards to steady pay. Those who lived in the mill village were happy to have a job. In fact, the Mooresville Cotton
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The legend of “Red” Kelly began on the streets of Olympia, among the textile workers in Columbia, SC. As a teenager he was a cigar smoking, hard drinking fighter with a traveling boxing ring. He went from town to town with his friend, fighting all comers for cash. ““Red” was bold and tough and the
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MAJOR JAMES HALLPersonal Anecdotes by Sherry Jaco When my grandfather, Major James Hall, was a child of about seven years, his family left their home in Chesterfield County, SC—about the year 1900. His family with six children packed all their belongings into a horse-drawn wagon and left their small share-cropping farm in search of a
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Corkball “You take a regular size cork like you would have in a wine bottle and wrap it in masking tape. That is how you make a cork ball.” Jake Jaco pulls from his pocket one of the cork balls used in a tournament he put on in 1993 at his family’s bar, Jaco’s Corner.
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Against a backdrop of war and political strife, Emily Dick taught Sunday School to the children of the mill villages in Columbia, SC. Her calling was not the political picket lines in front of the White House, or the smoke and cinder of the battlefields, or even as a Red Cross nurse. Her passion was
Major Hall sat by the window in the school house and stared out into the world beyond. The teacher droned on and on as he dreamed of something else, something that was more “hands-on”. The 9-year-old was physically present in that clapboard schoolhouse, but his heart was in the mill with its whirling spindles and
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On March 15, 1781 one man, Peter Francisco, was a force of nature on the battlefield at Guilford Courthouse. Despite being wounded in Greensboro, NC he continued fighting all the way to the end of the Revolutionary war. Standing 6’06” and weighing an estimated 260 lbs., Francisco towered a full foot above his contemporaries. He
Of late, the old dam has a fallen tree hanging over the ledge that never seems to quite go over, despite the flooding of recent years. After traveling down the river it now hangs like an ancient warrior fighting to not go over. It hangs there as if it has something yet to say. Around
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Revenge could not wait, smallpox or not. Captain Robert Harrison was a dangerous menace to all Patriots. He would be found bedridden by a scouting party on October 14, 1780 near the Antioch community in Kershaw County. Before the fall of Charleston, the Harrison brothers lived in a run-down log cabin near the Lynches River,
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William Moore was a bold and fearless fighter during the Revolutionary war. Taking up his rifle and horse, he would leave his wife at home to confront the British before they came to his doorstep. On making the long journey from Abingdon, Virginia with Colonel Campbell, he proved himself in the eyes of his leader. He
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