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Sunset over the battlefield at Star Fort. Ninety Six had become a prosperous village of about 100 settlers by the time of the American Revolutionary War.The first land battle (the siege of Savage's Old Fields) of the war fought in South Carolina took place at Ninety Six on November 19–21, 1775; then major Andrew Williamson of the Ninety-Six District Regiment of militia tried to recapture ...
Ninety Six is located in eastern Greenwood County at (34.173211, -82.021710 South Carolina Highway 34 passes through the town as its Main Street; it leads west 9 miles (14 km) to Greenwood, the county seat, and east 27 miles (43 km) to Newberry.
The siege of Ninety Six was a siege in western South Carolina late in the American Revolutionary War. From May 22 to June 18, 1781, Continental Army Major General Nathanael Greene led 1,000 troops in a siege against the 550 Loyalists in the fortified village of Ninety Six, South Carolina. The 28-day siege centered on an earthen fortification ...
Ninety Six: South Carolina: 1,021.94 acres (4.1356 km 2) Old Ninety Six and Star Fort, so named for being 96 miles from the Cherokee town of Keowee (though it is actually 78 miles away), as well as the town of Ninety Six, South Carolina, were strategic forts for both the Cherokee people and soldiers during the American Revolutionary War.
There are five of these in South Carolina. The National Park Service lists these five together with the NHLs in the state, [11] The Charles Pinckney National Historic Site (also known as Snee Farm) and Ninety Six National Historic Site are also NHLs and are listed above. The remaining three are:
SC 34, SC 246 and SC 248 in Ninety Six. SC 246 is a two-lane rural highway that traverses from Friendship to Hodges; connecting the town of Ninety Six and the communities of Coronaca and Cokesbury. The highway also provides access to Star Fort Pond, at Ninety Six National Historic Site, via Kinard Road (S-24-27). [2]
The siege of Savage's Old Fields (also known as the first siege of Ninety Six, November 19–21, 1775) was an encounter between Patriot and Loyalist forces in the back country town of Ninety Six, South Carolina, early in the American Revolutionary War.
Sunset over the battlefield at Star Fort at Ninety Six National Historic Site. Main entrance to Cowpens National Battlefield. Palmetto Trail in Fracis Marion National Forest.