"M" is for Moultrie, William (1730-1805)

"M" is for Moultrie, William (1730-1805). Soldier, governor. In 1752, Moultrie, a native Charlestonian, was elected to the Commons House of Assembly. And, over the next four decades he became a fixture in South Carolina government. When the Revolutionary War broke out, he was elected commander of the Second South Carolina Regiment of Foot. Moultrie became a national hero as commander of the troops that defeated the British at the Battle of Sullivan’s Island. After the war he was returned to the General Assembly and in 1785 was elected governor. After further service in the state senate, Moultrie was elected governor for a second time in 1792. Leaving office in 1794, he retired to his plantation. In 1802 William Moultrie published his Memoirs of the American Revolution, which remains a classic source on the war.