Patrick Ferguson

                One of the most consequential battles of the Revolutionary War occurred on Oct. 7, 1781. It was part of Britain’s southern campaign. Lord Cornwallis had been sent to this theater because it was believed that the southern colonies were rife with Loyalists (Tories) just waiting to help the British. Read more…

            After the Battle of Saratoga, the British changed strategy and attempted to tap into the supposedly large loyalist population of the southern colonies.  At the start the strategy seemed to work.  In May, 1780, the city of Charleston, S.C. fell and in August the Battle of Camden resulted in Read more…