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ACTS OF WAR

• Burning
  • Brits (and Sherman!) burn Sheldon Church. Search for "burned"
  • Brits burned Biggin Church. Searh for "burned"
  • Fort Johnston burned by Americans
  • Ft Motte burned by Marion. Search for "motte".
  • Georgia Gov.'s home burned
  • Hilton Head plantations burned
  • Tarleton Brown's home burned
  • Wemyss burned Presbyterian church. Search for "burned". I thought Wemyss *was* Presbyterian? See bio for Wemyss for alternative view.

• Confiscation
  • Alexander Chesney, loyalist, given "sequestered" plantation of whig. Search for "sequester"
  • Confiscation of loyalist property

• Counterfeiting
  • Counterfeiting by American colonists. Search for "counterfeit"
  • Counterfeiting by British. Broken up by Light Horse Harry
  • Counterfeiting by the British. Search for "counterfeit"

• Given to Indians
  • Brits give American prisoners to Cherokee. Search for "tortured"
  • Ruddle's & Martin's forts, KY. Civilians given by Brits to Indians to be walked to Michigan

• Hanging
  • A List of Persons Executed by the British. Papers of the Continental Congress M247 roll 175 vol 1 pg. 527
  • Briton Williams hung by the British. Search for "hung"
  • Capt. Elijah Teague hung by tories. Search for "hung"
  • Captain Parson's indendent rangers hang tories. Search for "hung". William Nichols pension application.
  • Captors of Benjamin Cleveland are hung. Search for "hung". From "History of Western North Carolina"
  • Clinton's messengers to mutineers are hung. Search for "hung". From George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress.
  • Isaac Hayne hung by British
  • Tories hung for inciting Indians to attack. Search for "hung". From the White River Valley Historical Quarterly.

• Imprisonment
  • British Prison ships. Also applied to Charleston and Savannah
  • Cornelius Harnett died after Brit imprisonment
  • Lossing, Benson, "Fieldbook..." . See "Prison Ships"

• Tar and feathers
  • Tar and Feathers in Revolutionary America. From http://revolution.h-net.msu.edu/

BIBLIOS

• US Army Military History Institute, with emphasis on their holdings, most including matter on the Southern Campaign.
  • Revolutionary Militia, including the South. 1990.
  • Revolutionary War, General, including the South. 1999.
  • POWs in the Revolutionary War. 2001.
  • Revolutionary War. 2002.
  • British Army in North America. (2002)
  • Ending Hostilities. (1983)
  • Spain and the American Revolution 2002.
  • Morgan's Rifle Corps (2002)
  • Battles 1775-1783 1995.
  • Price comparisons. 1980.
  • Blacks and the Revolutionary War. 2002.
  • German Mercenaries ("Hessians") In Rev War. 2002.
  • Southern Campaign. 2002.
  • Continental army. 2002.
  • Southern Operations. 1976.
  • U.S. Army Organizational Flags, including Rev. War. 1994.
  • Logistics, early. 1995.
  • Yorktown. 1993.
  • Desertion, including Rev. War. 1884,
  • Military novels, including Rev. War. 1991.
  • American Rangers, pre-20th century, including Rev. War. 1990.
  • Intelligence, pre-20th century, including Rev. War. 1994.
  • French Forces in the Rev. War. 2002.
  • South Carolina. 1979.
  • Irish in U.S. Military History, including Rev. War. 2002.
  • Isolated, surrounded, beseiged forces, including Rev. War. 1992.
  • U.S. Army Uniforms, including Rev. War. 1995.
  • Early artillery, including Rev. War. 2001.
  • National Guard, including Rev. War. 1994.
  • Staff rides, including Rev. War. 2001.
• Australian Air University: American Revolution Bibliography including the Southern Campaign
• Biblio from 1928 "Historical Statements ...Kings Mountain...Cowpens"
• Biblio menu from BattleofCamden.org
• Duke University, manuscripts rel. to American Revolution
• Naval Historical Center . biblio for American Revolution, including Southern Campaign
• Race to the Dan, a selected bibliography by Ann Brownlee.
• Race to the Dan, bibliography
• Diaz, Hector, "Concise Bibliography And Recommended Web Links On The Spanish Participation In The American Revolution"
• The American Revolution: A Selected Bibliography. By Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, MSU
• US Army Center of Military History. Bibliographies of the War of American Independence
• USMA 2000 "Professional Officer's Reading Guide, excerpt. This is a single page devoted to the Rev War of the 64 pages in the full listing. I was pleased to see my 2 benchmark books (Higginbotham and Mackesy) among the 7! (JR comment).

MAPS

• Maps from Center for Military History publications
  • The Southern Area 1780-1781. Center of Military History. "American Military History", p.87. Buford's defeat is incorrectly placed (as usual!). Modern town of Cowpens is shown (10 mi. S of battle site). Map shows modern man-made Lakes Marion & Moultrie in SC.
  • Concentration of Forces at Yorktown, Apr.-Oct. 1781. Center of Military History. "American Military History", p.96
  • Southern Campaign from AWC "Yorktown...", 1931
  • Virginia Campaign from AWC "Yorktown...", 1931

• Maps from "American Revolution at a Glance"

• USMA Military Atlas
  • Population Density 1775. The former version from Military.com is easier to read. The SC backcountry is given as 2-15/sq mi. Assuming that there were 4 of militia age per sq.mi., half on each side, to gather 1000 patriot milita as for Kings Mountain, Blackstocks, and Cowpens, that would equate to an area 22.4 miles square (500 sq mi).
  • Major Campaigns of the American Revolution
  • Powerpoint: 1776
  • Powerpoint: Southern Campaigns 1780-1781. The best yet.
  • Operations in the Carolinas 1778-1781. Also, see former version from Military.com. Cowpens incorrectly located. Ferguson's route went much further north into NC (modern Marion and Old Fort).
  • Operations in the South 1780. also here: Military.com.
  • The Charleston Campaign1780
  • The Siege of Charleston 1780
  • The Battle of Camden, Aug 1780
  • Operations in the South 1781. Also, here: Military.com.
  • Cowpens overview. Babits' "Devil of a Whipping", 1998, shows Morgan had more men, different battle movements. Broad River is 6.5 miles N.
  • Cowpens: British Attack
  • Cowpens: American Counter-attack
  • Cowpens: Sketch
  • Cowpens. Former version from Military.com.
  • Battle of Guilford Courthouse Mar 1781
  • Battle of Eutaw Springs Sep 1781
  • Operations in VA 1781
  • Operations in Virginia, May-Oct 1781. Former version from Military.com.
  • Washington's March to Yorktown 1781
  • Siege of Yorktown Oct 1781

• Miscellaneous maps
  • Ann Brownlee,Race to the Dan River
  • John Robertson:
    • From William Johnson, Sketches of the Life and Correspondence of Nathanael Greene, Vol. 1, (Charleston: A.E.Miller, 1822).
      • "Battle of the Eutaws"
      • "Part of SC Shewing Seat of the War after Battle of Eutaws"
    • "Battle of Eutaw Springs" from Henry B. Carrington, Battles of the American Revolution, 1775-1781. Historical and Military Criticism, with Topographical Illustration, (New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1871, 1876).
    • "Battle of the Eutaws" from Edward McCrady, The History of South Carolina in the Revolution 1780-1783 (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902).
    • Battle and skirmish sites of the Rev. War. From John Robertson's private mapping project. Approximately 1000 dots, many appearing to be "stacked". Dot colors are meaningless.
  • BattleofCamden.org maps page. Included are Mouzon's 1775 map of the Carolinas, Faden's 1785 map of the South, and Cook's 1773 map of SC, and many others.
  • Smaller version of Mouzon's 1775 map than that on BattleofCamden website, above. Zoomable.
  • Campaigns of Amer. Rev 1775-1781. The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1923. Univ. of Texas Library Online.
  • South Carolina Historical Maps from Phil Norfleet's website. An interesting collection of maps. Go to the BattleofCamden.org site, above, for the Cook's map of SC.
    • Edward McCrady map of SC battles, 1775-1780. 1902 Wahab's Plantation is mis-located.
    • South Carolina Backcountry Election Districts of 1778. This is the only map I have seen showing this area for Ninety Six District during the Rev. War.
    • South Carolina Judicial Districts Established in 1769. This is the map showing the area of Ninety Six District most commonly accepted for the entire period of the Rev. War.
    • South Carolina Geographic Regions on the Eve of the Revolution. This map defines the "backcountry" as further inland than most commonly used. It is more common to consider anywhere more than 30 miles inland (sometimes less) to be the "Backcountry".
  • Map "Battle of the Eutaws" from The History of South Carolina in the Revolution 1780-1783 by Edward McCrady, 1902.
  • Kings Mountain battle map. NPS, circa 1940
  • Virginia Campaign of 1781. NPS, Virginia Campaign of 1781, for 1954(-7) handbook for Yorktown.
  • Library of Congress: The American Revolution and Its Era
  • War in the South 1778-1781. Animated map of War in the South. With sound. Less than a minute (about the same time devoted to it in most histories!). If map doesn't immediately appear, wait for it.
  • Georgia Parishes, 1773-177.
  • Adapted from Henry Mouzon, Jr. 1773 map of St. Stephen's Parish SC, an area now partially inundated. Illustrations of slave labor from the original (See 14.)
  • Major John Marjoribanks: Original grave location, now under Lake Moultrie, and Current grave location at Eutaw Springs battle site.

WEAPONS

• Artillery
  • 3 Pounder
    • 3 pounder at Guilford Courthouse by John Hamill. Also, here
    • Replica
    • The Verbruggen Grasshopper
    • 3-pounder
  • 6 Pounder
    • Six pounder at Richmond. Search for "pounder"
    • Six-pounder
    • 6-pounder, line drawing
  • Artillery, general
    • From AmericanRevolution.org
    • Rev War Artillery
    • Artillery at the Siege of Yorktown
    • Table of artillery ranges. Search for "artillery". From WPI.
  • "Quaker" cannon
    • Fake cannon. Search for "fake"
    • Fake cannon. Search for "rugeley
  • 3-pounder naval cannon. Replica.

• Bayonet, Brown Bess and Charleville
  • Bayonet
  • Brown Bess bayonet. Replica.
  • Charleville bayonet. Replica.

• Knife, common to most combatants
  • Belt knife. Sometimes called a butcher knife.
  • Wood,J. B., "A Basic Manual on Knife Throwing"
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• Maham tower
  • "Tricks of the Trade". Click to page 3. From "Best Little Stories from the American Revolution" by C. Brian Kelly.
  • Memories of Col. Hezekiah Maham
  • 10-ft replica at Ninety Six NHS. Original was 30 feet high.
  • Star Fort Under Seige. Search for "tower"
  • The Battle of Fort Watson, South Carolina, April 1781
  • Tower's cannons fired on Fort Cornwallis

• Muskets
  • Brown Bess musket, used by Brits and some Americans
    • Neumann, George C., "The Redcoat's Brown Bess". From "American Rifleman Magazine", April 2001, Pg 49

  • Carbine, often carried by dragoons. From NPS.

  • French Charleville Musket, carried by most continentals.
    • Equipment of the Soldier During the American Revolution. Features the Charleville musket.
    • Le Fusil Charleville Modèle 1777, Corrigé An IX

• Pistol. Flintlock pistol, officers and dragoons
  • Flintlock pistol
  • Google search for "flintlock pistol". Included are many Rev War era flintlock pisols
  • Pistol holsters, for horseback

  • Rifles
    • American Long Rifle
      • A Short History of the Kentucky Long Rifle
      • American Long Rifle
      • Kentucky Long Rifle
      • Kings Mountain: Hunting Rifle Victory, 1939

    • Ferguson Rifle
      • Klein, Lance , "This Barbarous Weapon". The Ferguson Rifle.
      • Testing the Ferguson Rifle

    • Jager Rifle
      • Picture, compared to American long rifle. NPS.
      • Picture
      • Description
      • Includes description and picture of rifle
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  • Saber
    • British dragoon saber. Replica.
    • Saber. From NPS.
    • Saber. From NPS.

  • Smallpox
    • "Brief History of Chemical and Biological Weapons". Search for "leslie"
    • Brits accused of spreading smallpox. Searh for "revol"
    • Silent Weapon: Smallpox and Biological Warfare
    • Smallpox and Yorktown. Search for "smallpox"

  • Spontoon Carried by infantry officers, especially American, in lieu of musket w/bayonet
    • American spontoon. Replica.
    • Spontoon. Replica.
    • Spontoons. From NPS.

  • Tomahawk Common to most combatants
    • Issued to Sullivan Co TN (then NC) militia
    • Throwing tomahawk. Reproduction
    • Tomahawk throwing. From Boy Scout site
    • Valade, R. E., "A Basic Manual on Tomahawk Throwing"
    • Who Used Tomahawks?

MISCELLANEOUS

• GeoMag 2.5, free Windows software, Geographic Magnetic Calculator. Calculate magnetic declination for any year since 1600, for any US location (probably others) and altitude. Also displays UTM coordinates

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• "MoonCalc 6.0. A DOS program (runs fine in Windows) showing the moon in a sky map for any chosen date. Useful for the sky simulation showing the position of the moon at specified date/times, as for Camden or Cowpens where moonlight was or may have been a factor. Use star magnitude of 1 to minimize screen clutter. Input data:

  Battle	Lat.(deg)	Lat.(min)	N/S	Long.(deg)	Long.(min)	E/W	Time(s)
  Camden	34	22	N	80	37	W	15 Aug 1780, 10pm and 16 Aug 1780, 2am
  Cowpens	35	8	N	81	49	W	17 Jan 1781, 7:30am

• Calendars:
  • 1780
  • 1781
  • 1782
  • 1783
  This site provides calculator to find days between two dates. E.g., Cowpens was 58 days after Blackstocks, 102 days after Kings Mountain, and was 57 days before Guilford Courthouse.

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