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1 Orangeburg German-Swi<< Genealogical Society Oktoberfe<t 2017 Session 01b South Carolina in the Revolutionary War by Robert C. Jones The presentation slides and other materials in this package are meant to be used in conjunction with the accompanying audio recording of the presentation. Notice All rights to the intellectual property and specific content of this presentation remain with the author of the presentation, and any materials here are provided by specific permission to members of the Orangeburg German-Swiss Genealogy Society on the ogsgs.org website for the purpose of personal education only. This presentation and any of its associated materials may not be used for any other purpose or further distributed in any form without specific permission from the author of the presentation. Oktoberfest Conference materials are copyright in the year of viewing by the Orangeburg German-Swiss Genealogy Society.

2 Orangeburgh German-Swi<< Genealogical Society Oktoberfe<t 2017 October 20 th and 21 st, 2017 At the First Baptist Church Family Life Center 2875 Columbia Road, Orangeburg, SC FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2017 Program Schedule Salley Archives open for research (1421 Middleton St)... 9:00 AM 2:00 PM Registration Family Life Center... 4:00 6:15 PM Exhibit Area open Family Tables, Vendors... 4:00 6:15 PM S01a President s Dinner (Welcome by President Margaret Waters)... 6:30 PM S01b Speaker: Robert C. Jones, South Carolina in the Revolutionary War SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2017 Exhibit Area open Family Tables, Vendors... 8:30 AM 3:00 PM Registration (coffee, juice, pastries, and fruit available)... 8:30 AM S02 Annual Business Meeting including election of officers and board... 9:00 AM S03 Gone to Texas: An Orangeburgh District Migration to Texas, Jim Rickenbacker.. 9:30 AM S04 Platz, Plats, Platts, Platt of the Salkehatchie, Rose Marie Williams... 10:15 AM S05 What s New at the Salley Archives, Eric Powell... 10:30 AM Break... 10:45 AM S06 Findings from a Recent Study of the Battle of Eutaw Springs, Charles Baxley... 11:00 AM S07 Special Presentation to OGSGS, Rev. Harold Syfrett... 11:50 AM Lunch (reservations required)... 12:00 1:00 PM S08 Ethnicity Results from Autosomal DNA tests, Lynn Teague... 1:15 PM S09 Simple Tools to use with your FTDNA Family Finder Test, Pamela Hansen... 1:45 PM S10 DNA Question and Answer Session, Lynn Teague and Margaret Waters... 2:30 PM Have a safe trip home!... 3:00 PM Meal reservation deadline is October 7, Revised 18 August 2017

3 South Carolina in the American Revolution ROBERT C. JONES

4 1774/ : First Continental Congress. Five South Carolinians attend, including Thomas Lynch, John Rutledge, Christopher Gadsden and Henry Middleton June 1775: SC Provincial Government begins forming the General Assembly of South Carolina September 1775: Royal Governor Lord William Campbell leaves Charles Town (Charleston) for the British warship Tamar November 19, 1775: Patriot militia fights Loyalists in the First Battle of Ninety Six, resulting in the first Colonial death in South Carolina in the war

5 1774/1775 December 3, 1775: Don t Tread On Me flag, designed by Christopher Gadsden of the Continental Congress, is flown on the Alfred National Archives and Records Administration Public domain.

6 1776 June 28, 1776: Colonialists under Colonel William Moultrie defeat the British under General Henry Clinton at the Battle of Sullivan's Island in Charleston harbor July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence adopted, with Thomas Heyward, Jr., Arthur Middleton, Thomas Lynch, Jr. and Edward Rutledge signing it from SC Colonel William Moultrie Artist: Charles Willson Peale, 1782 Public domain.

7 Sullivan s Island Fort Sullivan and Charleston harbor Library of Congress Public domain.

8 Sullivan s Island Charles Town Harbor, Library of Congress Public domain.

9 Fort Moultrie 18-pounders These 18-pound replicas (1976) mark the spot of Moultrie s palmetto log fort on Sullivan s Island (Photo by Robert C. Jones)

10 Moultrie s grave Moultrie s grave on Sullivan s Island (Photo by Robert C. Jones)

11 1776/1779 July 1776: Cherokee attacks in South Carolina against Colonials, instigated by the British August 12, 1776: The "Ring Fight (near Tamassee, South Carolina) - Forces under Andrew Pickens are surrounded by 185 Cherokee Indians. Pickens forms a double ring and fires outward. February 5, 1778: South Carolina ratifies the Articles of Confederation (the first state to do so) February 3, 1779: Major General Moultrie defeats British at Port Royal Island, SC June 20, 1779: British victory at the Battle of Stono Ferry, SC (west of Charleston) Andrew Pickens Public domain.

12 1780 May 12, 1780: British defeat General Benjamin Lincoln at Charleston (5,266 captured) May 29, 1780: British victory at Waxhaw Creek. British Colonel Banastre Tarleton may have ordered the killing of Colonial prisoners. General Benjamin Lincoln National Archives and Records Administration Public domain.

13 Charleston siege Plan of the Siege of Charleston Library of Congress

14 1780 June 3, 1780: British General Henry Clinton dictates that all Colonial POWs in SC either take up arms against their comrades, or be charged with treason August 6, 1780: Colonial victory at Hanging Rock, SC (Heath Springs, SC) August 16, 1780: British decisively defeat Horatio Gates near Camden, South Carolina (Colonials: 1,900; British: 324)

15 Battle of Camden Battle of Camden; Death of de Kalb. Engraving from painting by Alonzo Chappel. National Archives and Records Administration Public domain.

16 Battle of Kings Mountain October 7, 1780: Troops from north and south Carolina under Colonel Isaac Shelby defeat the British at Kings Mountain, South Carolina. It is one of the turning points of the War. Colonials: 87; British: of the Colonial force were overmountain men, from west of the Appalachians Route of the Overmountain Men 1780 on their way to the Battle of Kings Mountain National Park Service, 1999 Public domain.

17 Battle of Kings Mountain Black and white reproduction of artist Lloyd Branson's Gathering of Overmountain Men at Sycamore Shoals, Tennessee (reproduction 1921) Public domain.

18 Kings Mountain Engraving depicting the death of British Major Patrick Ferguson at the Battle of Kings Mountain Alonzo Chappel, (artist); Charles Henry Jeens, (engraver) Public domain.

19 Kings Mountain U.S. Government monument (Photo by Robert C. Jones) Private monument (Photo by Robert C. Jones)

20 Search for the Swamp Fox November 1780: Colonel Banastre Tarleton is sent by Cornwallis to find Francis Marion. Tarleton fails, and refers to Marion as that damn old fox December 1780: Marion begins using Snow's Island as his base of operations "General Marion Inviting a British Officer to Share His Meal", by John Blake White Public domain.

21 1780 Marion's brigade crossing the Pedee River, S.C On their way to attack the British force under Tarleton Library of Congress Public domain.

22 Greene takes command December 2, 1780: Nathanael Greene Greene takes control of the Southern Command at Charlotte, North Carolina; he is to answer to no one but the Commander-in-Chief His master plan: capture the fortified British outposts in the interior of South Carolina (Granby, Watson, Ninety-Six, Orangeburgh), and cut off the British supply lines, forcing their retreat to Charleston Nathanael Greene Public domain.

23 Battle of Cowpens January 17, 1781: Catherine Moore Barry warns the local militia that the British are coming before the Battle of Cowpens (South Carolina) January 17, 1781: Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeats Colonel Banastre Tarleton and the British at the Battle of Cowpens Portrait of Daniel Morgan, American general in the American Revolutionary War By Charles Willson Peale ( ). Independence National Historical Park. Public domain.

24 Battle of Cowpens Battle of Cowpens Public Domain. United States Army Center of Military History.

25 Battle of Cowpens Colonel (William Augustine) Washington at the Battle of Cowpens. January Copy of print by S. H. Gimber., NARA Public domain.

26 Battle of Cowpens 1932 U.S. Government monument (Photo by Robert C. Jones)

27 Siege of Fort Watson April 16/23, 1781: Francis Marion and Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee besiege Fort Watson (near Summerton, SC) Colonials build a tower to shoot down on Fort Watson Colonials cut the water supply, but the British dig a well April 23, 1781: Final assault takes the fort 1879 engraving of the Siege of Fort Watson, showing the Maham Tower. Public domain.

28 1781 April 25, 1781: The British retain the field, but later retreat from nearby Camden at the Battle of Hobkirk's Hill, SC May 15, 1781: Lighthorse Harry Lee seizes Fort Granby, SC June 18, 1781: British defeat Nathanael Greene at Ninety Six, SC Lighthorse Harry Lee National Archives and Records Administration, Public domain.

29 Siege of Ninety Six The stockade fort at Ninety-Six National Historic Site, South Carolina, USA Acroterion, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

30 1781 September 8, 1781: Nathanael Greene forces the British under Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Stewart to retreat to Charleston after the Battle of Eutaw Springs (Eutawville, South Carolina) Greene captures 400 British soldiers picking yams History Department, United States Military Academy. Public domain.

31 Battle of Eutaw Springs Public domain.

32 Battle of Eutaw Springs Public domain.

33 Battle of Eutaw Springs Photos by Robert C. Jones

34 The end of the War October 19, 1781: British troops under Lord Cornwallis surrender to troops under George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia December 14, 1782: The British abandon Charleston, South Carolina, which is quickly occupied by Nathanael Green's forces September 3, 1783: Treaty of Paris officially ends the Revolutionary War

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