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Skirmish at Hudson’s Ferry
By late July 1781, the British "Southern Strategy" had shrunk to holding a few isolated fortified posts and river crossings. Hudson’s Ferry, located on the Savannah River, was…
Battle of Salkehatchie
In mid-March 1780, the swampy interior of the Lowcountry became a fortress of mud and cypress. As British General Henry Clinton and Lord Cornwallis marched their massive army…
Siege and Fall of Charleston
The culmination of the British "Southern Strategy" arrived in the spring of 1780. After years of failed attempts to subdue the northern colonies, General Sir Henry Clinton and…
Skirmishes along the Rivers
Following the fall of Charleston in May 1780, the "conventional" war in the Lowcountry ended, and a brutal, decentralized partisan war began. The British army required massive amounts…
Skirmish at Parker’s Ferry
By the spring of 1781, the British grip on the South Carolina interior was beginning to fracture. While the main British army under Cornwallis had moved into North…
Skirmish at Salkehatchie Bridge
By April 1781, the British occupation of the South Carolina interior was beginning to collapse under the pressure of partisan warfare. Colonel William Harden, a native of the…
Barton’s Post & Pocotaligo Road
By April 8, 1781, Colonel William Harden had turned the Beaufort District into a nightmare for the British high command. Following his successful strike at the Salkehatchie Bridge,…
Siege of Fort Balfour
By mid-April 1781, Colonel William Harden had systematically dismantled the British outer defenses of the Beaufort District. His ultimate prize was Fort Balfour, a formidable "star-shaped" redoubt located…
Execution at Montpelier Plantation
Just two days after the fall of Fort Balfour, the "civil war" within the Revolution reached a grim crescendo at Montpelier Plantation. The atmosphere in the Beaufort District…
Skirmish at Hudson’s Ferry
By late July 1781, the British "Southern Strategy" had shrunk to holding a few isolated fortified posts and river crossings. Hudson’s Ferry, located on the Savannah River, was one of the most critical logistical hubs in…
Battle of Salkehatchie
In mid-March 1780, the swampy interior of the Lowcountry became a fortress of mud and cypress. As British General Henry Clinton and Lord Cornwallis marched their massive army toward the siege of Charleston, they encountered a…
Siege and Fall of Charleston
The culmination of the British "Southern Strategy" arrived in the spring of 1780. After years of failed attempts to subdue the northern colonies, General Sir Henry Clinton and Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot orchestrated a massive land-and-sea investment…
Skirmishes along the Rivers
Following the fall of Charleston in May 1780, the "conventional" war in the Lowcountry ended, and a brutal, decentralized partisan war began. The British army required massive amounts of grain, rice, and livestock to feed their…
Skirmish at Parker’s Ferry
By the spring of 1781, the British grip on the South Carolina interior was beginning to fracture. While the main British army under Cornwallis had moved into North Carolina, the Lowcountry was left to a patchwork…
Skirmish at Salkehatchie Bridge
By April 1781, the British occupation of the South Carolina interior was beginning to collapse under the pressure of partisan warfare. Colonel William Harden, a native of the Beaufort District and a protégé of Francis Marion,…
Touch the Stones of Liberty: The Historic Sites of the Southern Lowcountry
Step off the beaten path and onto the hallowed ground where the fate of the Southern Department was decided. The Historic Sites of the Beaufort, Jasper, and Colleton Districts are more than just ruins; they are the silent witnesses to a decade of upheaval. From the defiant tabby ruins of Stoney-Baynard on Hilton Head to the charred, skeletal remains of Old Sheldon Church—burned by the British in 1779—these locations map the geography of a revolution.
Explore the strategic river bluffs at Purrysburg, once the nerve center for the Continental Army, or walk the grounds of White Hall, the home of Declaration signer Thomas Heyward Jr. Whether you are navigating the dense maritime forests where the “Bloody Legion” once prowled or standing amidst the colonial grid of Jacksonborough, the provisional capital of a state in exile, these sites offer a tangible connection to the past. Here, the “partisan war” wasn’t fought on distant maps, but in the very doorsteps, chapels, and rice fields you can visit today.
