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Standard 8-2.5

8-2.5 Summarize the role of South Carolinians in the course of the American Revolution, including the use of partisan warfare and the battles of Charleston, Camden, Cowpens, Kings Mountain and Eutaw Springs.

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2011

Cowpens: A Brilliant Victory | The Southern Campaign

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General Daniel Morgan’s battle plan at Cowpens was considered a masterpiece of military strategy and tactics. In Fall of 1780, General Nathaniel Greene sent a portion of his men under Morgan to fight...
Charleston Forts, Part 1
Episode 1

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The story of the three forts that have defended our coast, from the time of our settlers through the World War II, is told in the episode of Project Discovery. At the beginning of the American...
Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox | Palmetto Special

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Francis Marion was involved in a number of skirmishes that caught the enemy off guard, forced them to reckon with him, thus allowing other patriot forces to conduct their missions with greater success...
S.C. Revolutionary War Leaders | Palmetto Special

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MARION, SUMTER, PICKENS Thomas Sumter, the "Gamecock," Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox," and Andrew Pickens, the "Wizard Owl" are perhaps the best known of South Carolina's Revolutionary War leaders...