Bibliographies
A curated bibliography of books, articles, media, and primary sources supporting research on South Carolina and the American Revolution.
A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens | Lawrence Edward Babits
Author: Lawrence Edward Babits
Topic: Andrew Pickens, Banastre Tarleton, William Washington, Battle of Cowpens, John Eager Howard, Daniel Morgan
Source Title: A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens
Year Published: 1998
A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Provinces of North America | Banastre Tarleton | Primary Source - Books
Author: Banastre Tarleton
Topic: Banastre Tarleton, Battle of the Waxhaws, Battle of Blackstock's Plantation, British Legion, Battle of Camden, Evacuation of Charleston, Battle of Cowpens, Battle of Eutaw Springs, Battle of Hanging Rock, Battle of Moncks Corner
Source Title: A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Provinces of North America
Work Location: Southern Provinces of North America
Publication Location: Dublin
Year Published: 1787
Source Type: Primary Source - Books
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A N.b.E. view of the fort on the western end of Sulivans Island with the disposition of His Majesty's fleet commanded by Commodore Sir Peter Parker Knt. &c &c &c during the attack on the 28th. of June 1776, which lasted 9 hours and 40 minutes | William Faden | Artwork
Author: William Faden
Topic: William Moultrie, Peter Parker, Battle of Sullivan's Island, City of Charleston
Source Title: A N.b.E. view of the fort on the western end of Sulivans Island with the disposition of His Majesty's fleet commanded by Commodore Sir Peter Parker Knt. &c &c &c during the attack on the 28th. of June 1776, which lasted 9 hours and 40 minutes
Work Description: Sullivan's Island at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, and Fort Sullivan
Work Location: Sullivans Island
Publication Location: London
Source Type: Artwork
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A Posture of Defence: A Forensic Brick Analysis of Charleston's Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Walled Fortifications | Jacqueline Don
Author: Jacqueline Don
Topic: Forensic Analysis of 17th & 18th Century Brick Fortifications
Source Title: A Posture of Defence: A Forensic Brick Analysis of Charleston's Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Walled Fortifications
Publication Location: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Publisher: Clemson University Libraries, TigerPrint
Year Published: 2015
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African Americans in the Revolutionary War | Steven D. Smith | Journal Article
Author: Steven D. Smith
Topic: African Americans in the Revolutionary War
Source Title: African Americans in the Revolutionary War
Publication Location: University of South Carolina
Publisher: University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
Year Published: 2016
Source Type: Journal Article
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All for Liberty | Ron Mangravite | Film
Author: Ron Mangravite
Topic: Southern Campaign, Backcountry, Henry Felder, Johann (Hans) Heinrich Felder, Militia
Source Title: All for Liberty
Work Description: In 1776, massive taxation and unpunished crimes against his neighbors push a well-respected South Carolina farmer (Clarence Felder) to rebel against the British.
Work Location: Online
Publisher: Ron Mangravite
Year Published: 2009
Source Type: Film
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American Prisoners in the Revolutionary South | Carl Borick | Video
Author: Carl Borick
Topic: Prisoners of War, Southern Campaign, Siege of Charleston
Source Title: American Prisoners in the Revolutionary South
Publication Location: The Charleston Museum
Publisher: C-SPAN’s American History TV
Year Published: 2016
Source Type: Video
Source Link: View Source
An Accurate Map of North and South Carolina with Their Indian Frontiers, Shewing in a Distinct Manner All the Mountains, Rivers, Swamps, Marshes, Bays, Creeks, Harbours, Sandbanks and Soundings on the Coasts; with the Roads and Indian Path | Henry Mouzon | Map
Author: Henry Mouzon
Topic: Map of North Carolina, Map of South Carolina, City of Charleston
Source Title: An Accurate Map of North and South Carolina with Their Indian Frontiers, Shewing in a Distinct Manner All the Mountains, Rivers, Swamps, Marshes, Bays, Creeks, Harbours, Sandbanks and Soundings on the Coasts; with the Roads and Indian Path
Work Description: An Accurate Map of North and South Carolina from 1775
Work Location: North and South Carolina
Publication Location: London
Publisher: Printed for Robt. Sayer and J: Bennett
Year Published: 1775
Source Type: Map
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Ancient Weapons from the Siege of Ninety Six | James B. Legg and Steven D. Smith | Journal Article
Author: James B. Legg and Steven D. Smith
Topic: The Siege of Ninety Six
Source Title: Ancient Weapons from the Siege of Ninety Six
Publication Location: University of South Carolina
Publisher: Legacy, Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
Year Published: 2020
Source Type: Journal Article
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Andrew Pickens: Revolutionary War Hero, American Founder | Walter Edgar | Television and Radio Broadcasts
Author: Walter Edgar
Topic: Siege of Ninety-Six
Source Title: Andrew Pickens: Revolutionary War Hero, American Founder
Year Published: 2017
Source Type: Television and Radio Broadcasts
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Archaeological Reconnaissance of Historic Gilbert Town, 31RF128, Rutherford, County, North Carolina | Steven D. Smith and James B. Legg | Primary Source - Books
Author: Steven D. Smith and James B. Legg
Topic: Archaeological Reconnaissance of Historic Gilbert Town
Source Title: Archaeological Reconnaissance of Historic Gilbert Town, 31RF128, Rutherford, County, North Carolina
Publication Location: University of South Carolina
Publisher: University of South Carolina--South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology and The Rutherford County Historical Society.
Year Published: 2005
Source Type: Primary Source - Books
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Archaeology of Wadboo Plantation | Smith et al. | Primary Source - Books
Author: Smith et al.
Topic: Archaeology of Wadboo Plantation
Source Title: Archaeology of Wadboo Plantation
Publication Location: University of South Carolina
Publisher: Francis Marion Trail Commission
Year Published: 2008
Source Type: Primary Source - Books
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Artillery Ammunition from the 1781 Siege of Star Fort | James B. Legg | Journal Article
Author: James B. Legg
Topic: Artillery at the Siege of Star Fort
Source Title: Artillery Ammunition from the 1781 Siege of Star Fort
Publication Location: University of South Carolina
Publisher: Legacy, Archaeological Anthropology Commons, Military History Commons
Year Published: 2020
Source Type: Journal Article
Source Link: View Source
Black Men, Red Coats: The Carolina Corps, Race, and Society in the Revolutionary British Atlantic | Garty Sellick | Lectures and Presentations
Author: Garty Sellick
Topic: Black Men, Red Coats: The Carolina Corps, Race, and Society in the Revolutionary British Atlantic
Source Title: Black Men, Red Coats: The Carolina Corps, Race, and Society in the Revolutionary British Atlantic
Publication Location: University of South Carolina Scholar Commons
Publisher: University of South Carolina Scholar Commons
Year Published: 2018
Source Type: Lectures and Presentations
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Cavalry of the American Revolution | Jim Piecuch | Primary Source - Books
Author: Jim Piecuch
Topic: Carolina Black Corps, The Black Dragoons
Source Title: Cavalry of the American Revolution
Work Description: Nine Historians and Writers Investigate the Role of Cavalry in the War for Independence
Publication Location: Morrisville, Pennsylvania, United States
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
Year Published: 2012
Source Type: Primary Source - Books
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Charleston's Carolina Day Celebration | Doug Bostick | Television and Radio Broadcasts
Author: Doug Bostick
Topic: William Moultrie, Palmetto Day, Palmetto Guard, John Rutledge, Battle of Sullivan's Island, Carolina Day, William Jasper, Charles Lee
Source Title: Charleston's Carolina Day Celebration
Work Description: Douglas Bostick spoke about South Carolina’s role in the American Revolution.
Work Location: White Point Gardens in Battery Park
Publisher: C-SPAN
Year Published: 2011
Source Type: Television and Radio Broadcasts
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Colonial and Revolutionary South Carolina: The Revolution in South Carolina | Walter Edgar and Jack Warren | Television and Radio Broadcasts
Author: Walter Edgar and Jack Warren
Topic: Southern Campaign, Walter Edgar's Journal
Source Title: Colonial and Revolutionary South Carolina: The Revolution in South Carolina
Year Published: 2020
Source Type: Television and Radio Broadcasts
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Crescent Moon over Carolina: William Moultrie and American Liberty | C.L Bragg | Secondary Sources – Books
Author: C.L Bragg
Topic: William Moultrie, Peter Parker, Battle of Port Royal, Society of the Cincinnati, Battle of Sullivan's Island, 2nd South Carolina Regiment, Evacuation of Charleston, Henry Clinton, Battle of Hobkirk's Hill, Charles Greville Montague
Source Title: Crescent Moon over Carolina: William Moultrie and American Liberty
Work Description: Major General William Moultrie and his defense against a determined British naval attack
Publication Location: South Carolina
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Year Published: 2013
Source Type: Secondary Sources – Books
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Debating Waxhaws: Was There a Massacre? | Jim Piecuch and Wayne Lynch | Journal Article
Author: Jim Piecuch and Wayne Lynch
Topic: Banastre Tarleton, Tarleton's Quarter, Battle of Waxhaws, 2nd Continental Brigade, 3rd Virginia Regiment, British Legion, Abraham Buford, Buford's Defeat
Source Title: Debating Waxhaws: Was There a Massacre?
Publisher: Journal of the American Revolution
Year Published: 2013
Source Type: Journal Article
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General Nathanael Greene: An Appraisal | Dennis M. Conrad | Lectures and Presentations
Author: Dennis M. Conrad
Topic: Siege of Ninety-Six, Southern Department, Battle of Camden, Battle of Eutaw Springs, Nathanael Greene, Battle of Hobkirk's Hill
Source Title: General Nathanael Greene: An Appraisal
Year Published: 2009
Source Type: Lectures and Presentations
Source Link: View Source
John Laurens | Charles Willson Peale | Artwork
Author: Charles Willson Peale
Topic: Abolition, Battle of Combahee River, Battle of Coosawhatchie, Henry Laurens, John Laurens
Source Title: John Laurens
Work Description: Water Color on Ivory
Work Location: Washington DC, National Portrait Gallery
Year Published: 1780
Source Type: Artwork
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Lord Montagu's Mission to South Carolina in 1781: American POWs for the King's Service in Jamaica | Robert Scott Davis, Jr. | Journal Article
Author: Robert Scott Davis, Jr.
Topic: William Moultrie, Nisbet Balfour, South Carolina Governor, Charles Greville Montague
Source Title: Lord Montagu's Mission to South Carolina in 1781: American POWs for the King's Service in Jamaica
Publisher: South Carolina Historical Society
Year Published: 1983
Source Type: Journal Article
Memoirs of the American Revolution, So Far As It Related to the States of North and South Carolina, and Georgia. | William Moultrie | Primary Source - Books
Author: William Moultrie
Topic: Siege of Charleston, Peter Parker, 2nd South Carolina Regiment, Nisbet Balfour, Battle of Beaufort, Henry Clinton, Charles Cornwallis, Battle of Eutaw Springs
Source Title: Memoirs of the American Revolution, So Far As It Related to the States of North and South Carolina, and Georgia.
Work Description: This book contains the memoirs of William Moultrie on the American Revolution.
Year Published: 1802
Source Type: Primary Source - Books
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Mrs. Jacob Motte (Rebecca Brewton) | Jeremiah Theus | Artwork
Author: Jeremiah Theus
Topic: Rebecca Brewton Motte, Mt. Joseph Plantation, Miles Brewton, Siege of Fort Motte, Jacob Motte
Source Title: Mrs. Jacob Motte (Rebecca Brewton)
Work Description: Watercolor on Ivory
Work Location: New York. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Year Published: 1758
Source Type: Artwork
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Plan of the Battle Fought near Camden, August 16th, 1780 | William Faden | Map
Author: William Faden
Topic: Battle of Camden
Source Title: Plan of the Battle Fought near Camden, August 16th, 1780
Publication Location: London
Year Published: 1787
Source Type: Map
Source Link: View Source
Plan of the Siege of Charlestown in South Carolina | Banastre Tarleton | Map
Author: Banastre Tarleton
Topic: Siege of Charleston
Source Title: Plan of the Siege of Charlestown in South Carolina
Work Description: The plan displayed here depicts the Siege of Charleston, S.C., conducted by the British forces in early 1780. In February 1780, British General Henry Clinton's army arrived thirty miles south of Charleston, and began their assault on the city, which was p
Work Location: George Washington's Mount Vernon
Source Type: Map
Source Link: View Source
Revolutionary War Hero, American Founder | Dr. Andrew Pickens Jr. | Television and Radio Broadcasts
Author: Dr. Andrew Pickens Jr.
Topic: Siege of Charleston
Source Title: Revolutionary War Hero, American Founder
Work Description: Andrew offers an authoritative and comprehensive biography of Pickens the man, the general, the planter, and the diplomat.
Publication Location: South Carolina
Publisher: South Carolina Public Radio
Year Published: 2017
Source Type: Television and Radio Broadcasts
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South Carolina as a Royal Province | William Roy Smith | Primary Source - Books
Author: William Roy Smith
Topic: General Information
Source Title: South Carolina as a Royal Province
Work Description: The object of this monograph is to trace the progress of the struggle in South Carolina, with the hope that it may throw some light upon the history
Work Location: South Carolina
Publication Location: London
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Year Published: 1978
Source Type: Primary Source - Books
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Swamp Fox | Film
Topic: Swamp Fox, Banastre Tarleton, Historical Fiction, Peter Horry, William Jasper, Francis Marion, Gabriel Marion, Mary Videau Marion
Source Title: Swamp Fox
Publisher: Champion Film Company
Year Published: 1911
Source Type: Film
The Black Dragoons | Jim Piecuch | Book Chapters
Author: Jim Piecuch
Topic: Benjamin Thompson, Black Dragoons, British Legion, Thaddeus Kosiuszko
Source Title: The Black Dragoons
Work Description: Jim Pieruch being one of the nine Historians and Writers who Investigate the Role of Cavalry in the War for Independence
Work Location: United States
Publication Location: Morrisville, Pennsylvania, United States
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
Year Published: 2012
Source Type: Book Chapters
Source Link: View Source
The History of the Origin, Progress, and Termination of the American War | Charles Stedman | Primary Source - Books
Author: Charles Stedman
Topic: Battle of Blackstock's Plantation, Battle of Camden, Siege of Charleston, Henry Clinton, Charles Cornwallis, Battle of Cowpens, Battle of Eutaw Springs, Battle of Hobkirk's Hill, Battle of King's Mountain
Source Title: The History of the Origin, Progress, and Termination of the American War
Year Published: 1794
Source Type: Primary Source - Books
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The Patriot | Roland Emmerich | Film
Author: Roland Emmerich
Topic: The Patriot
Source Title: The Patriot
Work Location: Online
Year Published: 2000
Source Type: Film
The Quaker and the Gamecock: Nathanael Greene, Thomas Sumter, and the Revolutionary War in the South | Walter Edgar and Andrew Waters | Television and Radio Broadcasts
Author: Walter Edgar and Andrew Waters
Topic: Southern Campaign, Thomas Sumter, Walter Edgar's Journal, Nathanael Greene
Source Title: The Quaker and the Gamecock: Nathanael Greene, Thomas Sumter, and the Revolutionary War in the South
Work Location: Online
Year Published: 2018
Source Type: Television and Radio Broadcasts
Source Link: View Source
The Rhetoric of Revenge: Atrocity and Identity in the Revolutionary Carolinas | Ben Rubin | Journal Article
Author: Ben Rubin
Topic: Banastre Tarleton, Tories, Battle of Waxhaws, Whigs, Atrocities, Buford's Defeat, David Fanning, Isaac Hayne, Francis Marion
Source Title: The Rhetoric of Revenge: Atrocity and Identity in the Revolutionary Carolinas
Work Description: The Rhetoric of Revenge addresses the way that individual acts of brutality during the War for Independence in North and South Carolina were perceived and interpreted by both Whig and Tory participants
Publication Location: UNC Greensboro
Publisher: Journal of Backcountry Studies
Year Published: 2010
Source Type: Journal Article
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The Road to Charleston: Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution | John Buchanan | Secondary Sources – Books
Author: John Buchanan
Topic: Battle of Ninety-Six, Evacuation of Charleston, Siege of Charleston, Charles Cornwallis, Battle of Eutaw Springs, Nathanael Greene, Battle of Hobkirk's Hill
Source Title: The Road to Charleston: Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution
Work Description: John Buchanan’s latest account of the southern theater in the American Revolution is appropriately titled, The Road to Charleston: Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution (2019).
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Year Published: 2019
Source Type: Secondary Sources – Books
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The Search for Colonial Jacksonborough (38CN280), Colleton County, South Carolina | Steven D. Smith | Book Chapters
Author: Steven D. Smith
Topic: Colonial Jacksonborough
Source Title: The Search for Colonial Jacksonborough (38CN280), Colleton County, South Carolina
Publisher: Francis Marion Trail Commission
Year Published: 2008
Source Type: Book Chapters
Source Link: View Source
The Southern Campaign of the American Revolution | William Richardson and Steven McLean Folks | Video
Author: William Richardson and Steven McLean Folks
Topic: Battle of Musgrove Mill, Siege of Ninety-Six, Southern Campaign, Battle of Waxhaws, The Battle of Guilford Courthouse, Battle of Camden, Brattonsville, Battle of Cowpens, Battle of King's Mountain
Source Title: The Southern Campaign of the American Revolution
Year Published: 2017
Source Type: Video
Source Link: View Source
To Assist His Countrymen in Arms: Motivations and Incentives in African-American Revolutionary War Service | Michael C Scoggins | Journal Article
Author: Michael C Scoggins
Topic: Slaves, African Americans, Free Blacks
Source Title: To Assist His Countrymen in Arms: Motivations and Incentives in African-American Revolutionary War Service
Year Published: 2009
Source Type: Journal Article
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University of South Carolina Department of Anthropology | Steven D. Smith | Journal Article
Author: Steven D. Smith
Topic: A Thank You Note to the Archaeological Research Trust on Francis Marion Research
Source Title: University of South Carolina Department of Anthropology
Publication Location: Legacy, Volume 15, Issue 1, 2011, pages 21-21.
Publisher: Steven D. Smith
Year Published: 2011
Source Type: Journal Article
Source Link: View Source
University of South Carolina Scholar Commons | Smith et al. | Journal Article
Author: Smith et al.
Topic: Siege of Fort Motte
Source Title: University of South Carolina Scholar Commons
Publication Location: University of South Carolina
Publisher: University of South Carolina
Year Published: 2019
Source Type: Journal Article
Source Link: View Source
Why The British Lost The Battle Of Sullivan's Island | C.L. Bragg | Journal Article
Author: C.L. Bragg
Topic: Henry Clinton
Source Title: Why The British Lost The Battle Of Sullivan's Island
Work Description: A View of the Attack Made by the British Fleet Under the Command of Sir Peter Parker against Fort Moultrie on Sullivans Island June 28, 1776, and a Distant View of the Transports in Five Fathom Hole.
Work Location: Online
Publication Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Publisher: South Caroliniana Library, University of south carolina
Year Published: 2016
Source Type: Journal Article
Source Link: View Source
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