The Road to Independence

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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...
Revolutionary War Names | Southern Campaign

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Americans opposed to the British were known as “patriots,” “Whigs” “rebels,” or “partisans.” Americans on the British side were called “loyalists,” “royalists,” “Tories,” “the King’s men,” or “Crown...
Map | British Troops Arrive in Charles Town
Map | British Troops Arrive in Charles Town
Episode 3

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More than 6,000 British troops were shipped from New York to Charles Town. After a short siege, the city fell. Charles Town would supply the British army with provisions and become the base of...
Continental Congress
Continental Congress

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"The Continental Congress, also known as the Philadelphia Congress, was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies which became the governing body of the United States during...
Martha Bratton Sends Watt with Message
Martha Bratton Sends Watt with Message
Episode 3

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In the community of Brattonsville, Martha Bratton sent a message to warn her husband, Colonel William Bratton, that Captain Christian Huck was on his way. Bratton was on the other side of the Catawba...
Huck's Defeat | Brattonsville
Huck's Defeat | Brattonsville
Episode 5

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The British officer Captain Christian Huck upset many with his cruel and agressive mishandling of local residents in the backcountry. Captain Huck and the British Legion were on their way towards...
General Thomas Sumter | Brattonsville
General Thomas Sumter | Brattonsville
Episode 2

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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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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...
Siege of Charles Town - 1780
Siege of Charles Town - 1780
Episode 4

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The War for American Independence began well for the Patriots in the South. In the city of Charles Town, South Carolina (known as “Charleston” after the war)—an unfinished palmetto fort withstood the...