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Andrew Waters

Andrew Waters

Andrew Waters is a writer, editor, and land conservationist residing in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He is the editor of three slave narrative collections published by John F. Blair, Publisher. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Wake Forest University Magazine, the Spartanburg Herald Journal, North Carolina Literary Review, and Pembroke Magazine, among others. As a conservationist, he has preserved over 20,000 acres in the Carolinas. Currently he is working with the National Park Service to conserve areas around Revolutionary War battlefields in the South Carolina Upstate. Waters is a frequent speaker on conservation issues and a local expert on battlefield conservation. His latest book is To the End of the World: Nathanael Greene, Charles Cornwallis, and the Race to the Dan.

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Crime and Justice, Loyalists, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783), The War Years (1775-1783) July 8, 2021 July 8, 2021

William “Bloody Bill” Cunningham and the Bloody Scout

On or about November 19, 1781, a Loyalist officer named William Cunningham and his regiment of approximately three hundred men rode toward Hayes Station,…

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People, Prewar Conflict (<1775) January 19, 2021 January 17, 2021

The Most Unlucky Man: Patrick Ferguson’s Early Years

Into a house at 333 High Street in what is now Edinburgh’s “Old Town” was born the strange adventurer Patrick Ferguson on June 4, 1744.[1] The…

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Critical Thinking, Strategy, The War Years (1775-1783) September 24, 2020 September 25, 2020

The Mysterious March of Horatio Gates

Following the American surrender at Charleston on May 12, 1780, the Continental Army’s “Southern Department” was in disarray. Taken prisoner that day were 245…

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Conflict & War, The War Years (1775-1783) May 23, 2019 May 23, 2019

To the End of the World: Cornwallis Pursues Morgan to the Catawba

As Daniel Morgan collected his prisoners on the morning of January 17, 1781, he knew Charles, Lord Cornwallis, could not be far behind. “The…

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Conflict & War, Historiography, The War Years (1775-1783) December 10, 2018 December 8, 2018

Hammond’s Store: The “Dirty War’s” Prelude to Cowpens

Little is known about the colonial-era history of Hammond’s Store, though the site appears to have been a local meeting place prior to the…

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Conflict & War, Features, The War Years (1775-1783) June 28, 2018 June 28, 2018

Thomas Sumter’s Dog Days Expedition

As Nathanael Greene retreated from Ninety Six in late June 1781, following his unsuccessful siege there, Thomas Sumter was eager to campaign in lower…

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Features, People, The War Years (1775-1783) May 23, 2018 May 22, 2018

Sumter’s Rounds: The Ill-Fated Campaign of Thomas Sumter, February–March 1781

In February 1781, Thomas Sumter emerged from his three-month convalescence to begin his next campaign in the South Carolina interior. Having been wounded seriously…

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