The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to the American Revolution in South Carolina

Walter B. Edgar

Description

The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to the American Revolution in South Carolina details the people, places, and struggles that defined the region's prominent role in the path to American liberty from British authority. Nearly 140 battles of the American Revolution were fought in South Carolina, more than in any other colony. As America's first civil war, the revolution pitted Loyalists against partisans and patriots in the fierce combat that established the legacies of figures such as Francis Marion, Nathanael Greene, Peter Horry, Henry and John Laurens, Daniel Morgan, and Andrew Jackson. In addition to profiling these leaders, this guide also chronicles the major combat operations, including the battles of Ninety Six, Cowpens, Camden, Kings
Mountain, and Charleston Harbor. Also documented are the vital contributions of African Americans and Native Americans in the struggle and the roles of Revolutionary War heroines such as Kate Barry, Emily Geiger, Rebecca Brewton Motte, and Dorcas Nelson Richardson. The origins of the South Carolina state flag and seal in the war are detailed as well in this treasure trove of fascinating information for students and historians of the American Revolution.

Sujets

• HISTORY
• Histoire
• Revolutions
• Asedio de Charleston
• Siege of Augusta
• Capture of Savannah
• African Americans in the Revolutionary War
• Battle of Sullivan's Island
• Georgia Militia
• Battle of Stono Ferry
• South Carolina Line
• Yorktown campaign
• South Carolina Navy
• Siege of Savannah
• Siege of Charleston
• Flag of South Carolina
• Continental Navy
• Charles Pinckney (South Carolina chief justice)
• State
• Slavery in the United States
• Battle of Guilford Court House
• Continental Army
• Royal Proclamation of 1763
• Military
• South
• Revolution
• History of the Americas
• American Revolutionary War
• United States
• FL
• Local
• KY
• LA
• TN
• MS
• SC
• NC
• AR
• VA
• GA

Informations

• Publié par: University of South Carolina Press
• Date de parution: 02 novembre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781611171495
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

The
South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to the
AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA
South Carolina Encyclopedia Editorial Advisory Board
Michael Allen
William P. Baldwin
Barbara L. Bellows
Earl Black
Orville Vernon Burton
Dan T. Carter
David Chesnutt
Thomas Clark
Pat Conroy
William J. Cooper, Jr.
Susan L. Cutter
Chester B. DePratter
Don H. Doyle
Leland Ferguson
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
William Freehling
Eugene Genovese
Cole Blease Graham, Jr.
Jonathan Green
Jan Nordby Gretlund
Robert Hicklin
A. V. Huff, Jr.
M. Thomas Inge
Charles Joyner
Rachel N. Klein
Charles F. Kovacik
Daniel C. Littlefield
Melton McLaurin
William Moore
Idus A. Newby
Patricia C. Nichols
Theda Perdue
Genevieve Peterkin
Robert V. Remini
Robert N. Rosen
Dale Rosengarten
Theodore Rosengarten
Lawrence S. Rowland
Louis D. Rubin, Jr.
Dori Sanders
Constance Schulz
Mark M. Smith
Stanley South
Lester D. Stephens
Allen Stokes
Rodger E. Stroup
C. James Taylor
Thomas E. Terrill
Robert Weir
Susan Millar Williams
Joel Williamson
Mary Ann Wimsatt
The
South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to the
AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Edited by Walter Edgar A Project of the Humanities Council SC
© 2006 The Humanities Council SC
New material © 2012 The Humanities Council SC
Published by the University of South Carolina Press Columbia, South Carolina 29208
www.sc.edu/uscpress
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to the American Revolution in South Carolina / edited by Walter Edgar.
p. cm. (South Carolina encyclopedia guides series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-61117-149-5 (e-publication : alk. paper) 1. South Carolina History Revolution, 1775–1783 Encyclopedias. I. Edgar, Walter B., 1943–
E263.S7S75 2012
975.7'03003 dc23
2012036608
Editorial Staff
E DITOR IN C HIEF
Walter Edgar
M ANAGING E DITOR
Thomas M. Downey
A SSOCIATE M ANAGING E DITOR
Aaron W. Marrs
C ONSULTING E DITOR
Thomas N. McLean
A SSOCIATE E DITORS
Robert W. Bainbridge, Clemson University (Architecture)
William S. Brockington, Jr., University of South Carolina–Aiken (Transportation)
Katherine Reynolds Chaddock, University of South Carolina (Education)
Peter A. Coclanis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Business and Industry)
Marion Edmonds, South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism (Recreation and Leisure)
Lacy Ford, University of South Carolina (Politics)
Belinda F. Gergel, Columbia, South Carolina (Ethnicity)
Cole Blease Graham, Jr., University of South Carolina (Government and Law)
Charles H. Lippy, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Religion)
Rudy Mancke, University of South Carolina (Environment and Geography)
Amy Thompson McCandless, College of Charleston (Women)
Peter McCandless, College of Charleston (Science and Medicine)
Bernard E. Powers, Jr., College of Charleston (African Americans)
Eldred E. Prince, Jr., Coastal Carolina University (Agriculture)
Dale Volberg Reed, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Popular Culture)
John Shelton Reed, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Popular Culture)
Martha R. Severens, Greenville County Museum of Art (Art)
William Starr, Georgia Center for the Book (Literature)
Stephen R. Wise, Parris Island Museum (Military)
R ESEARCH A SSISTANTS
Matthew Lockhart
Benjamin Peterson
Michael Reynolds
I LLUSTRATIONS C ONSULTANTS
Michael Coker, South Carolina Historical Society
Henry Fulmer, South Caroliniana Library
C ARTOGRAPHY
Theodore R. Steinke
Contents
Series Editor’s Preface
Revolutionary War
African Americans in the Revolutionary War
Barry, Margaret Catherine Moore
Bratton, William
Brown, Thomas
Bull, Stephen
Bull, William, II
Camden, Battle of
Campbell, Lord William
Carolina Black Corps
Charleston, Siege of
Cherokee War
Commons House of Assembly
Constitutions
Continental Regiments
Council of Safety
Cowpens, Battle of
Cunningham, William
Davie, William Richardson
De Kalb, Johann
Drayton, William Henry
Eutaw Springs, Battle of
Fayssoux, Peter
Fishing Creek, Battle of
Fort Johnson
Fort Motte
Fort Moultrie
Fort Watson
Gadsden, Christopher
Gadsden flag
Geiger, Emily
Gillon, Alexander
Grimké, John Faucheraud
Guerard, Benjamin
Hamilton, Paul
Hampton, Wade, I
Hanging Rock, Battle of
Harden, William
Hart, Oliver
Heyward, Thomas, Jr.
Hobkirk Hill, Battle of
Horry, Peter
Huck, Christian
Huger, Isaac
Izard, Ralph
Jackson, Andrew
James, John
Jasper, William
Jeremiah, Thomas
Kershaw, Joseph
Kings Mountain, Battle of
Laurens, Henry
Laurens, John
Leigh, Sir Egerton
Lincoln, Benjamin
Lowndes, Rawlins
Loyalists
Lynch, Thomas, Jr.
Lynch, Thomas, Sr.
Maham, Hezekiah
Manigault, Gabriel
Marion, Francis
Mathews, John
McCall, James
Middleton, Arthur
Middleton, Henry
Motte, Rebecca Brewton
Moultrie, William
Moultrie flag
Ninety Six, Battles of
Parker’s Ferry, Battle of
Partisans
Pickens, Andrew
Pinckney, Charles
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth
Pinckney, Thomas
Port Royal Island, Battle of
Provincials
Ramsay, David
Read, Jacob
Richardson, Dorcas Nelson
Richardson, Richard
Royal Council
Rutledge, Edward
Rutledge, John
Salvador, Francis
Snow’s Island
South Carolina
State flag
State mottoes
State seal
Stuart, John
Sullivan’s Island, Battle of
Sumter, Thomas
Tarleton, Banastre
Timothy, Peter
Vanderhorst, Arnoldus
Walter, Thomas
Washington, William
Waxhaws, Battle of the
Williamson, Andrew
Williamson’s Plantation, Battle of
Wragg, William
Zubly, John Joachim
Series Editor’s Preface
The South Carolina Encyclopedia was published in 2006 to be a “people’s encyclopedia,” a comprehensive single-volume print reference for anything that anyone wanted to know about the Palmetto State’s rich cultures and storied heritage, from prehistory to the present. Including nearly two thousand entries and five hundred illustrations, the encyclopedia was the result of a six-year collaboration between the Humanities Council SC , the Institute for Southern Studies at the University of South Carolina, and the University of South Carolina Press. Nearly six hundred contributors came together to write more than one million words depicting our state’s representative people, places, and things. The encyclopedia is an authoritative and entertaining compilation of essays covering an array of topics ranging from war and politics to arts and recreation, from agriculture and industry to popular culture and ethnicity. As diverse as the populations that live within the thirty-one thousand square miles that make up the Palmetto State, the entries included in The South Carolina Encyclopedia were chosen to best represent the many facets of our shared experiences that remind us of who we are, where we come from, what we have in common, and why we are distinctive.
Thanks to the generosity and vision of the Humanities Council SC and the collaboration and cooperation of the University of South Carolina Press, selected portions of the multiyear project that became the widely praised and best-selling print encyclopedia are now available in a new way through this South Carolina Encyclopedia Guides Series. The guides highlight, in an easy-to-access digital format, specific topic areas from the original print version. Where appropriate, entries have been updated or added. For example, the guide to the counties has been updated to include more recent population data, and the guide to the governors has been expanded to include all individuals who have been governor whether elected or constitutionally succeeding to the office. Where possible, illustrations have been included and, in some cases, new illustrations not part of the print edition have been added.
In March 2012 the venerable Encyclopedia Britannica announced that after 244 years, it would cease publishing its print edition and focus solely on the digital version of its content. This transition is indicative of an unquestionable trend toward the digitization of reference materials to serve better the needs of the diverse range of users who have embraced the technology that brings this content to you via a whole host of devices a technology that continues to revolutionize the ways that sound scholarship is made available and useful for an interested public.
The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guides Series because of its digital format and its focus on thematic segments expands the accessibility and functionality of the content created in the print encyclopedia and invites new readers to understand better the hundreds of