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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] Map of South Carolina Battlefields 1775 - 1780 County Borders are not historical, but seem to predate the publication ...
The Battle of Musgrove Mill, August 19, 1780, occurred near a ford of the Enoree River, near the present-day border between Spartanburg, Laurens and Union Counties in South Carolina. [1] During the course of the battle, 200 Patriot militiamen defeated a combined force of approximately 300 Loyalist militiamen and 200 provincial regulars.
Upper Saluda District Militia/ Regiment [note 2] 2nd Brigade February 1775 September 1775 Thomas Fletchall, Col [19] [20] 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]
Bellinger's Battalion of Militia (Tryon County Militia, 4th Regiment) [98] Harper's Battalion of Militia (Tryon County Militia, 5th Regiment) [99] Ulster County Militia Snyder's Regiment of Militia (Ulster County Militia, First Regiment), 1776–82 [100] McClaughrey's Regiment of Militia (Ulster County) Militia, Second Regiment), 1776–81 [101]
A brigade of four battalions of South Carolina militia under Colonel Andrew Pickens, comprising a three-company battalion of the Spartan Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Roebuck, a four-company battalion of the Spartan Regiment under Col. John Thomas, five companies of the Little River Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Hayes ...
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.
1 battalion of 1st Grenz Regiment; 4 battalions of 3rd Regiment; 2nd Brigade Puchner 1 battalion of 4th Jägers; 4 battalions of 31st Regiment; 3rd Brigade Bils 1 battalion of 3rd Grenz Regiment; 4 battalions of 47th Regiment; Artillery 24 guns; Second Division Sternberg 1st Brigade Koller 1 battalion of 3rd Grenz Regiment
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 ...