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General Henry Clinton  | Battle of Waxhaws
General Henry Clinton | Battle of Waxhaws
Episode 2

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General Henry Clinton and the British high command decided what they needed was a “Southern strategy.” The British decided to bring the war to the South because (1) they hadn’t really won any major...
Colonel Abraham Buford | Battle of Waxhaws
Colonel Abraham Buford | Battle of Waxhaws
Episode 5

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CREDIT: Colonel Abraham Buford, painted by Thomas Kelly Pauley, 2016 Colonel Abraham Buford was leading a regiment of Continental soldiers from Virginia to South Carolina to help defend Charleston. A...
A. Dicey Langston

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This South Carolina Women's program focuses on Revolutionary War heroine fourteen-year-old Dicey Langston, a young South Carolina girl who risked danger to help the Patriot cause. It a tale of courage...
B. Dicey Langston

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This South Carolina Women's program focuses on Revolutionary War heroine fourteen-year-old Dicey Langston, a young South Carolina girl who risked danger to help the Patriot cause. It a tale of courage...
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...
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...