One figure from this state defeated John Coming Ball at the Battle of Black Mingo and had a loyal slave named Oscar.
One figure from this state defeated John Coming Ball at the Battle of Black Mingo and had a loyal slave named Oscar. A so-called massacre was perpetrated in this state by Banastre Tarleton during the battle of Waxhaw, while one of this state's greatest heroes fought the British after his home was burned and was named Thomas Sumter. Key politicians from here included John Rutledge and the Pinckney family. During the Revolutionary War, the greatest mass surrender on the American side took place in this state when Benjamin Lincoln surrendered a city to Henry Clinton. This state was the site of Daniel Morgan's victory at Cowpens. For 10 points, name this home state of the "Swamp Fox," Francis Marion, and the site of the devastating 1780 fall of Charleston.
One figure from this state defeated John Coming Ball at the Battle of Black Mingo and had a loyal slave named Oscar.
South Carolina