Patriots

Norm Rickeman and his book Unsung: William Moultrie and the Battle of Sullivan’s Island

Historyman presents Norm Rickeman and his book Unsung: William Moultrie and the Battle of Sullivan’s Island.  Listen while Norm gives us the inside scoop on this rarely mentioned hero of the American Revolutionary War.  General William Moultrie, though rediculed, stubbornly fought for Charleston and South Carolina when Continental General Charles Lee proposed to abandoned the […]

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Eliza Pinckney by Peggy Pickett

Historyman presents Eliza Pinckney by Peggy Pickett.  Peggy Pickett gives us a peak at her book about the South Carolina heroine, Eliza Pinckney.  As a teenager, Eliza was given control of a sugar cane farm in Antigua and then new land in the colony of South Carolina.  Walk in the footsteps of this young and

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Mary, Soldier Tom and other family at Thomas Sumter’s house when the British arrive in May 1780:

A cursory review of “Thomas Sumter” by Anne King Gregory and “African-American Patriots in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution” by Bobby G. Ross and Michael C Scoggins reveals some interesting facts about the home of one of the heroes of the War of Independence in South Carolina. Thomas Sumter, also known as the

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Podcast: Fort Ninety Six, the Last Battle and the Aftermath with Rick Morris

Historyman presents the fourth in a series of episodes on Fort Ninety Six, SC.  Rick Morris relates the last battle at the fort where Nathaniel Greene, Andrew Pickens, Light Horse Harry Lee and others converge on Ninety Six to confront the British garrison.  Siege warfare, Mayhem towers, cannon, tunnels and hand to hand fighting mark

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