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The War Years (1775-1783) November 8, 2016 November 8, 2016

“The Celebrated and Notorious” Ned Turner

by Wayne Lynch

Deep in South Carolina’s back country the Loyalist world came apart in the fall of 1781. British occupation ended with their retreat into the…

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