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978-0-89587-182-3
0-89587-182-3
$19.95 paperback
7 1/2" x 8 1/2"
388 pages
maps, black-and-white photographs, appendix, index
Other books in the Touring the Backroads™ series:
Touring the Backroads of North
Carolina's Lower Coast
Touring the Backroads of North
Carolina's Upper Coast
Touring the Backroads of North and
South Georgia
Touring the Carolinas' Civil War
Sites
Touring the East Tennessee Backroads
Touring the Middle Tennessee Backroads
Touring North Carolina's
Revolutionary War Sites
Touring the Shenandoah
Valley Backroads
Touring Virginia's and West
Virginia's Civil War Sites
Touring the Western North Carolina
Backroads
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The Swamp Fox.
The Gamecock.
The Fighting Elder.
Old Hickory.
The names from Revolutionary War South Carolina are some of the most
famous in United States military history. Francis Marion, the
"Swamp Fox," ran the British ragged in the Low Country. Thomas
Sumter, the "Gamecock," was the headstrong, controversial
general of the Piedmont. Andrew Pickens, the "Fighting Elder,"
kept partisan spirit alive in the Upcountry. The young Andrew Jackson,
"Old Hickory," endured wartime tragedy to find the indomitable
character that would carry him to the presidency.
With a little help from
friends such as Nathanael Greene and Daniel Morgan, these warriors
fought for liberty against Redcoats like Banastre Tarleton and Torries
like Bloody Bill Cunningham at places as renowned as the men
themselves--Cowpens, Camden, Kings Mountain, Ninety Six, Sullivan's
Island.
The 21 tours in this book
tell about Revolutionary War South Carolina at the sites where events
occurred--at the homes of participants, on battlefields, at the graves
of men and women who sacrificed for freedom.
South Carolinians maintain
that their home saw more Revolutionary War action than any other
colony--over 200 battles and skirmishes. Readers will quickly perceive
the truth behind the Palmetto's State's claim of being the
"Battleground of Freedom."
about the author
A longtime resident of Lincolnton, North Carolina, Daniel W.
Barefoot lives on the very street that was the site of the Battle of
Ramsour's Mill in June 1780. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a graduate of the
University of North Carolina School of Law. He is also the author of Touring
North Carolina's Revolutionary War Sites, Touring
the Backroads of North Carolina's Lower Coast, and Touring
the Backroads of North Carolina's Upper Coast.
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