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Revolutionary War

Revolutionary War

1775–1782

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  • Title Revolutionary War
  • Coverage 1775–1782
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  • Keywords Wilkes Fund Controversy, Tea Act granting a monopoly to the British East India Company, Intolerable Acts, at Ninety Six, there was a skirmish and the first blood of the Revolution in the state was shed, Battle of Sullivan’s Island, capture of Charleston, Sir Henry Clinton, commander of British forces, Nathanael Greene, Hobkirk’s Hill, eighteen percent of those killed and thirty-one percent of those wounded fell in South Carolina during the last two years of fighting,
  • Website Name South Carolina Encyclopedia
  • Publisher University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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  • Access Date April 23, 2024
  • Original Published Date
  • Date of Last Update August 23, 2022
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