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  2. Spartan Regiment - Wikipedia

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    The regiment was formed on August 2, 1775 at Wofford's Iron Mill. Thomas held the first muster at his house. [2] The Spartan Regiment met every two weeks to train for battle. [3] Thomas found himself fighting against his former militia leader, Col. Thomas Fletchall, who was a loyalist or Tory. [4] The patriots were also called Whigs. [5]

  3. List of South Carolina militia units in the American Revolution

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    1st Spartan Regiment 2nd Brigade (1778–1780) February 1777 John Thomas, Sr., Col [21] 2nd Spartan Regiment 2nd Brigade (1778–1780) Col Sumter (backcountry) (1780) February 1777 Thomas Brandon, Col [22] Georgetown District Militia/ Regiment 4th Brigade (1778–1780) February 1775 Thomas Screven, Col [23] Berkeley County Militia/ Regiment

  4. Battle of Musgrove Mill - Wikipedia

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    1st Spartan Regiment; 2nd Spartan regiment; Roebuck's Battalion of Spartan; ... Some Whig leaders briefly considered attacking the Tory stronghold at Ninety Six, ...

  5. John Thomas (colonel) - Wikipedia

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    John Thomas, Sr. (1720 - 1811 or 1812) was a colonel during the American Revolutionary War who led the Spartan Regiment against the Loyalists. He was a representative of the Provincial Congress in 1776. During the Siege of Charleston, Thomas was captured and was imprisoned at the Ninety Six prison and later at Charleston until the end of the war.

  6. Jane Thomas (American Revolution) - Wikipedia

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    [20] The Spartan regiment that was posted at the Cedar Springs [1] [21] were led by her son John Thomas, Jr. after her husband Col. Thomas was captured. [1] On July 12, 1780, the day after hearing the news Jane Thomas resolved to notify the rebels of the news, and left quickly [ 21 ] from Ninety Six, [ 18 ] riding 60 miles to relay the ...

  7. Battle of Cedar Springs - Wikipedia

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    A group of 150 Tory militiamen, led by British Maj. Patrick Ferguson, planned to attack the Spartan Regiment, led by Col. John Thomas, Jr., at their encampment at Cedar Springs on July 12, 1780. According to a long-standing and well-documented legent, Thomas and his soldiers, most of whom were members of the Fair Forest Presbyterian Church ...

  8. Battle of Ramsour's Mill - Wikipedia

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    Loyalist John Moore had served with the British at the Siege of Charleston and returned to his home a few miles from Ramsour's Mill with tales of battle. He called together a group of about 40 Loyalists on June 10 and shared with them instructions from Cornwallis that for safety they should avoid organizing before British troops entered the area.

  9. List of Loyalists (American Revolution) - Wikipedia

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    John Connolly (c. 1741 –1813), planned with Lord Dunmore to raise a regiment of Loyalists and Indians in Canada called the Loyal Foresters and lead them to Virginia to help Dunmore put down the rebellion; Myles Cooper (1735–1785), Church of England clergyman President of King's College in New York City [14]