South Carolina and the American Revolution: A Battlefield History

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Univ of South Carolina Press, 2003 - History - 238 pages
This work shows how encounters with Native Americans and Continental troops and British regulars, fought between 1775 and 1783, were critical to South Carolina's winning the struggle that secured America's independence from Great Britain.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
Revolutionary America and Canada 1775
14
South Carolina Makes a Revolution 1775
15
Actions in 1775
21
Counterattack 17761777
34
Actions in 1776
35
Sullivans Island June 28 1776
40
Actions in 1777
54
Camden August 16 1780
93
The War in the Backcountry 1780
96
Pegasus Galloped 17801781
112
Kings Mountain October 7 1780
115
Cowpens January 17 1781
130
Against the Outposts 1781
137
Actions in 1781
138
Hobkirks Hill April 25 1781
150

The War Comes South 17781779
58
Actions in 1778
63
Actions in 1779
65
Stono Ferry June 20 1779
67
In the Path of Invasion 1780
71
Actions in 1780
72
Siege of Charleston April 1May 12 1780
77
The Struggle Fought Out 17811782
159
Eutaw Springs September 8 1781
165
Actions in 1782
173
Notes
185
Bibliography
211
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John W. Gordon is a professor of national security affairs at the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College in Quantico, Virginia.

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