Colonel Andrew Pickens and the Long Cane Skirmish
byAndrew Pickens is the very image of the hard-nosed Patriot, but after the surrender of Charleston, South Carolina on May 12, 1780, he gave…
Andrew Pickens
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William “Bloody Bill” Cunningham and the Bloody Scout
byOn 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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George Farragut: The Epitome of an American Colonial
byJordi Ferragut Mesquida, better known by his anglicized name George Farragut, was the only known Spanish volunteer who fought under the American flag in…
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The Revolutionary War in the south: Re-evaluations of certain revolutionary actors and events
byThis article provides a wide-ranging set of re-evaluations compartmentalised under the sub-headings below and placed in the context of the historiography relating to them. …
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Victory for the Georgia Refugees
bySmallpox raged across the backcountry in the late spring of 1781 and both of the Refugee commanders, Elijah Clarke and James McCall, caught the…
The Georgia Refugees Turn the Tide against the British
byBusy with the Siege of Augusta and subsequent exodus from Georgia, Elijah Clarke and most of the Refugees missed the battle of King’s Mountain….
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Top 10 Partisans of the Southern Campaigns
byThe focus of my studies on the American Revolution is the militia activities in the southern campaigns. In this context, I believe the term…