American Revolution

“C” is for Council of Safety. In June 1775, prompted by rumors of British sponsored slave and Indian attacks and news of the hostilities between British and patriot forces at Lexington and Concord, the Provincial Congress of South Carolina created a powerful thirteen-member committee to act as the supreme executive power in the province...

“C” is for Council of Safety. In June 1775, prompted by rumors of British sponsored slave and Indian attacks and news of the hostilities between British and patriot forces at Lexington and Concord, the Provincial Congress of South Carolina created a powerful thirteen-member committee to act as the supreme executive power in the province...

Mike Switzer interviews Darren Hartford, owner of Oliver Pluff & Company in Charleston, SC.

Mike Switzer interviews Darren Hartford, owner of Oliver Pluff & Company in Charleston, SC.

This week Walter will talk with historian Albert Louis Zambone about Revolutionary War hero Daniel Morgan.In his book Daniel Morgan: A Revolutionary Life (2018, Westholme Publishing) the first biography of this iconic figure in forty years, historian Albert Zambone presents Morgan as the quintessential American everyman, who rose through his own dogged determination from poverty and obscurity to become one of the great battlefield commanders in American history. Using social history and other advances in the discipline that had not been available to earlier biographers, the author provides an engrossing portrait of this storied personality of America’s founding era—a common man in uncommon times.

“B” is for Bull, Stephen (died 1800). Soldier, legislator.

“B” is for Bull, Stephen (died 1800). Soldier, legislator.

“B” is for Brown, Thomas (1750-1825). Soldier. Brown was among the most notorious loyalist commanders in the South during the Revolutionary War.

“B” is for Brown, Thomas (1750-1825). Soldier. Brown was among the most notorious loyalist commanders in the South during the Revolutionary War.

“B” is for Brown, Thomas (1750-1825). Soldier. Brown was among the most notorious loyalist commanders in the South during the Revolutionary War.