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14 May 09

The American Revolution Comes Alive!

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26 Feb 09

Pictures of the Revolutionary War

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06 Nov 08

The Battle of Port Royal Island/Beaufort (Second)

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South Carolina - Revolutionary War Military Engagements

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A listing of all the Revolutionary War battles that took place in South Carolina, listed by date and location.
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The Battle of Monck's Corner

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On April 12th, General Clinton ordered Lt. Col. Tarleton into the South Carolina
countryside to defend his rear and cut Charles Town off from its lines of
communication, reinforcement, counterattack and supply with the North and South
Carolina backcountry

The Siege of Fort Granby, Lexington

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Lee knew that Maxwell was not a strong military leader, devoting most of his
time to collecting plunder.
280 Loyalist, two artillery pieces, and included numerous wagons
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- The fort was found to be well stocked with stores, which under terms of
  capitulation, were left for the Americans. Among the equipment that was captured
  was 192 muskets, 86 bayonets, 63 rifles, 8,928 musket cartridges, 100 cartridge
  boxes, 3,000 flints, 120 lbs. of powder, 328 lbs. of lead, 20 12-lb. canister
  shot, and 1 drum.

Battle of James Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Union forces, under the command of Brig. Gen. Benham, landed 6,500 men from
the 3rd New Hampshire, 8th
Michigan, 7th Connecticut, 28th Massachusetts, and 79th New York "Highlanders" on
the southeastern end of James Island, and marched toward Charleston.
The Union suffered 683 casualties (107 dead), compared to 204 (52 dead) by
the Confederates. Although the battle was minor, it served as a powerful propaganda victory, increasing
morale particularly in Charleston and offsetting recent Confederate losses in
the Western Theater.

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American
Revolution on May 29, 1780,
British victory
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- Colonel Abraham Buford
  led a force of between 350 and 380 Virginian Continentals
- Lieutenant Colonel
- ^#3
  Colonel
  
  Banastre
  Tarleton
  Colonel
  Abraham
  Buford
  
  Strength
  270
  350-380
  Casualties and losses
  5 ^#4
  killed
  
  12
  wounded
  
  {11 horses
  killed
  
  19 horses
  wounded}
  
  ^#5
  113
  killed
  
  150 wounded and
  paroled;
  
  53
  captured
- 113 killed
  150 wounded and paroled;
  53 captured
- killed
  12 wounded
  {11 horses killed
  19 horses wounded}
- Anxious to capture Rutledge, Tarleton pursued with a force of roughly 230 men,
  consisting of 130 Legion dragoons, 100
  Mounted British Legion infantry, and a three-pounder cannon.
- the Patriots lost 113 men killed, 147 wounded and released on parole, and the 2
  six pounders and 26 wagons captured
- Virginians who surrendered,

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Unofficially casualties
were much higher, possibly around 40 killed and 150 wounded
Patriot Claim
110
killed
229 wounded
529-767 captured ^[1]
Daniel Morgan
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- Realizing that poorly trained militia were unreliable in battle, especially when
  they were under attack from cavalry, Morgan decided to ask the militia to fire
  two shots and then retreat, so he could have them reform under cover of the
  reserve (cavalry commanded by William Washington and James McCall) behind
  the
- and
- third, more experienced line of militia and continentals
- The third line, composed of the remainder of the forces
- about 550 men) was composed of Continentals from Delaware and Maryland, and militiamen from Georgia
- and Virginia

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battles
major
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- Siege of Charleston
- strategic focus towards the Southern Colonies
- the British
- American Revolutionary War
- As a defeat, it was the biggest loss of
- Washington,
- crushing blow
- sub-commander General Lafayette
- was cognizant of efforts to bring in the ^#16
  Kingdom of
  France against the British
  .
- troops suffered to the Continental Army in the war
- Kingdom of France against the British
- General Washington avoided attempts
- to match force on force and adroitly
- avoided getting his forces pinned strategically so the
- superior British communications (SLOC) could
- [edit]
  Background
- 1777 to 1778
- dopted by Washington leading
- British in 1779 immensely increased in the
- following year, when they victoriously swept up through South and North
- 1779
- Newport,
  Rhode
- Sir Henry
  Clinton
- Island
- Lord
  Rawdon
- In December, he sailed with 8,500 men to join Marc
  Prevost at Savannah

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The Battle of Kings Mountain
American Revolutionary War
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- Patriot victory, battle not pursued
- William Campbell,
- Frederick
  Hambright,
- Isaac Shelby
- Joseph Winston
- Ferguson personally invented, patented, and successfully field-tested a
  breech-loading musket which he called 'the Ferguson Rifle' which could fire
  faster and with greater accuracy than the British Brown Bess muzzle-loading
  musket.
- During the battle Ferguson was killed by the Over-Mountain men.
- With no bayonets of their own, the rebels retreated down the hill and into the
  woods.
- Ferguson fell dead from his saddle with eight rifle balls in his body

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. These regiments then charged and Gates' inexperienced militia, largely
without bayonets fled the field, with Gates not far behind. The British wheeled
round and outflanked the American Continental regiments who were putting up a
stiff fight and continued to do so for sometime. After a while the American
lines began to crumble. Utterly defeated, the remainder of the army abandoned
the battlefield, pursued by Tarleton's cavalry for some 20 miles. The British
overran the American positions, capturing the American army's stores.

Gates fled with the first of the militia to
Ben comments
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- Ben and Gabriel Martin are seen watching a similar battle.

05 Mar 08

Revolutionary War Music

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Music During the American Revolutionary War - The Music of Early America

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Audio files of music from the Revolutionary War. - whiteknoll on 2008-03-05

Music of the Revolutionary War

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Words and audio files of songs from the Revolutionary War. - whiteknoll on 2008-03-05

19 Feb 08

Revolutionary War Battlefield at Fish Dam Ford

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The Patriot Resource: Battle of Monck's Corner

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14 Feb 08

Battle of Huck's Defeat

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The American Revolution - Battle of Charleston

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The American Revolutionary War from a British Perspective

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