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Colonel Thomas Brandon, who knew the area, suggested the nearby farm of William Blackstock, a homestead on the hills above the Tyger River. [ 12 ] [ 14 ] The land had been cleared, providing fields of fire and room for maneuver, and the outbuildings—solid log structures made of hardwood—were not chinked and thus provided "narrow but ...
Thomas Brandon, Col [22] Georgetown District Militia/ Regiment 4th Brigade (1778–1780) February 1775 Thomas Screven, Col [23] Berkeley County Militia/ Regiment 1st Brigade (1778–1780) Marion's Brigade (1781) February 1775 Richard Singleton, Col [24] Ninety-Six District Militia/ Regiment [note 3] 3rd Brigade February 1775 John Savage, Col [25]
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]
2nd Spartan Regiment detachment led by Col. Thomas Brandon, with three known companies New Acquisition District Regiment detachment led by Maj. Joseph Dickson, with three known companies Turkey Creek Regiment detachment of one known company
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At this period, he ranked as Lieutenant-Colonel, distinguishing himself at Rocky Mount, Hanging Rock, Musgrove's Mill, King's Mountain, and probably with his superior, Colonel (Thomas) Brandon (Fair Forest Regiment), at Cowpens. In the summer of 1781, while endeavoring to arrest a Tory, in Rowan County, North Carolina, he was stabbed by an ...
18th Mississippi: Col Thomas Griffin (w), Ltc William H. Luse 21st Mississippi : Col Benjamin G. Humphreys , Ltc William L. Brandon ( w ), Cpt William C. F. Brooks McCarthy's (Virginia) Battery, 1st Richmond Howitzers: Cpt E. S. McCarthy
In terms of activities and life experience, Colonel Brandon is perhaps the most Byronic among Austen's leading men. [2] He attempts to elope with his teenage cousin Eliza for whom he has a passionate attachment; he has the mortification of seeing her married-off for mercenary reasons to his elder brother at their father's behest; he serves his country abroad and returns to rescue the dying ...