Tag Archives: Southern Theater
“Judiciously Designed and Vigorously Executed”: The March to the Dan River
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes back guest historian Daniel T. Davis. Last month, I heard Emerging Revolutionary War co-founder Phill Greenwalt remark “when you think about retreats, victory is a word that doesn’t come to mind.” The period of January 18 … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Personalities, Southern Theater
Tagged 1781, American Revolution, Banastre Tarleton, Battle of Cowpens, Battle of Guilford Court House, British Army, Crossing of the Dan, Daniel Morgan, Daniel T. Davis, Emerging Revolutionary War, Light Horse Harry Lee, Lord Charles Cornwallis, Nathanael Greene, North Carolina, Otho Holland Williams, Robert Orrison, South Carolina, southern campaign, southern campaigns of the american revolution, Southern Theater, Virginia
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Rise and Fight Again for Southern Revolutionary History
From our friends at American Battlefield Trust (ABT). To learn more about the ABT, click here. At stake are 31 acres associated with two Southern Campaign Revolutionary War battlefields, Hanging Rock in South Carolina and Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina. At … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, National Park Service, Preservation, Southern Theater
Tagged 1780, 1781, American Battlefield Trust, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Guilford Court House, Battle of Hanging Rock, British, Camden, Emerging Revolutionary War, Guilford Court House, Guilford Court House National Military Park, Hanging Rock, North Carolina, Preservation, South Carolina, southern campaign, southern campaigns of the american revolution, Southern Theater
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ERW Weekender: Cornwallis House
In the quaint South Carolina town of Winnsboro, a few miles off of current Interstate-77 sites a two-story stands one of the oldest dwellings in a town founded by Richard Winn of Virginia a few years before the start of … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, British Leadership, Campaigns, Memory, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater
Tagged 1776, 1780, 1781, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, John Buchanan, Lord Charles Cornwallis, Lord Cornwallis, Marquis de Lafayette, Mount Zion Institute, South Carolina, Southern Theater, Winnsboro
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The Battle of Kings Mountain, From Those Who Were There
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes back historian Bert Dunkerly. The accounts below come from Mr. Dunkerly’s book on the battle. The battle of Kings Mountain was an intense, one-hour battle fought just below the North Carolina-South Carolina border. The October 1780 … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Militia (Loyalist) Leadership, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Monuments, National Park Service, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Kings Mountain, Bert Dunkerly, Kings Mountain, Major Patrick Ferguson, National Park Service, North Carolina, Overmountain Militia, Robert Campbell, South Carolina, Southern Theater, Tennessee, Thomas Jefferson, Virginia
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Campaign 1776 Updates
Our friends at Campaign 1776, an initiative of the Civil War Trust, have passed along a few important updates from their very busy September. First, another installment of their very popular “In4” video series sheds light on the Battle of … Continue reading
Defense in Depth as a Revolutionary War Battlefield Tactic
Part Three (click here for first two installments) Determined to avenge his embarrassing defeat at Cowpens, Lt. Gen. Charles Lord Cornwallis set his army out in a determined pursuit of the American army. Knowing that he was too weak to … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Common Soldier, Continental Leadership, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, National Park Service, Personalities, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater
Tagged American Revolution, Banastre Tarleton, Battle of Guilford Court House, Daniel Morgan, Defense in Depth, Eric Wittenberg, Lord Charles Cornwallis, Lord George Germain, Nathanael Greene, Road to Yorktown, southern campaign, Southern Theater, William Washington
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Part 2: The Defense in Depth as a Revolutionary War Battlefield Tactic
For part one, click here. Brig. Gen. Daniel Morgan, the “Old Wagoner,” as he was known, commanded a light infantry corps assigned to Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene’s southern army. Morgan met with Greene in Charlotte, North Carolina on December 3, … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Campaigns, Continental Leadership, Memory, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, National Park Service, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater, Uncategorized
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Andrew Pickens, Banastre Tarleton, Battle of Cowpens, British, Cowpens National Battlefield, Daniel Morgan, Fabian, Fabian Strategy, Lord Charles Cornwallis, militia, Nathanael Greene, National Park Service, Patriot, Southern Theater, William Washington
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