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Battle of Waxhaws: May 29, 1780: South Carolina: British victory Battle of Connecticut Farms: June 7, 1780: New Jersey: British victory Battle of Mobley's Meeting House: June 10–12, 1780: South Carolina: American victory Battle of Ramsour's Mill: June 20, 1780: North Carolina: American victory Battle of Springfield: June 23, 1780: New Jersey ...
The Second Battle of Independence was fought on October 22, 1864, near Independence, Missouri, as part of Price's Raid during the American Civil War.In late 1864, Major General Sterling Price of the Confederate States Army led a cavalry force into the state of Missouri, hoping to create a popular uprising against Union control, draw Union Army troops from more important areas, and influence ...
Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia [A]), the District of Columbia, and six territories (Arizona ...
Willcox, W: Portrait of a General, Sir Henry Clinton in the War of Independence, New York, 1964, Wilson, David K (2005). The Southern Strategy: Britain's Conquest of South Carolina and Georgia, 1775–1780. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 1-57003-573-3. OCLC 232001108.
This battle took place entirely in South Carolina. During the Battle Hugh Judson Kilpatrick attacked the city of Aiken. Cavalry corps and the Aiken Home Guard, which were under the command of Joseph Wheeler fought Kilpatrick's cavalry corps. Wheeler formed his troopers into a "V" formation, and deployed skirmishers in front of his cavalry.
British General Henry Clinton. Throughout the course of the American Revolutionary War, over 200 battles were fought within South Carolina, more than in any other state.On November 19, 1775, Patriot forces of the Long Cane Militia fought Loyalists in the first battle of Ninety Six, resulting in the death of James Birmingham, the first South Carolinian and southerner of the war.
The First Battle of Bull Run, on July 21, 1861, was the first major land battle of the war.Until this time, the North was generally confident about its prospects for quickly crushing the rebellion with an easy, direct strike against the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia.
Independence Hall at night The reverse of the U.S. $100 bill, which has portrayed Independence Hall since 1928 On July 16, 1987, Congress met at Independence Hall in an unprecedented joint meeting outside of Washington, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Connecticut Compromise that determined the structure of Congress during the ...