The Battle of the Great Savannah Perhaps the greatest single order that General Gates gave prior to his ignoble defeat at Camden was to appoint Francis Marion as the Brigadier General of the South Carolina Militia. Following up on his orders, Marion departed from Gates at Rugeley’s Mill above Camden. He then headed south to […]
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Ferguson was frustrated. At the Battle of Wofford’s Iron Works (Spartanburg) on August 8, 1780 American Col. Isaac Shelby and his frontiersmen played cat and mouse with Cornwallis’ man and eluded his British force with taunts and jeers on a hillside out of musket range.(1) This came just a little over a week after Loyalists surrendered
Two ladies loyal to the King helped Tarleton put another jewel in his Crown while the “Gamecock” was saved by cattle, sheep and a low hanging branch. On August 15, 1780, the day before Camden fell, Col. Sumter won at Cary’s Fort. Guarding the Wateree crossing, Cary’s Fort was located on the west side of
