Revolutionary War - People

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General Thomas Sumter | Brattonsville
General Thomas Sumter | Brattonsville
Episode 2

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Grades: 4 8

General Thomas Sumter was an American Revolutionary War militia leader and later a U.S. Congressman. After the crushing defeat at Waxhaws, General Sumter gathered militia troops in South Carolina...
General Henry Clinton | Battle of Waxhaws
General Henry Clinton | Battle of Waxhaws
Episode 2

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Grades: 4 8

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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Grades: 4 8

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
A. Dicey Langston

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Grades: 4 8

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
B. Dicey Langston

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Grades: 4 8

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
S.C. Revolutionary War Leaders | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8

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...