A map of South Carolina and Georgia from the year 1750, before the American War of Independence. The Martin sisters lived in the central North-Western part of the colony during the war, via Wikipedia. In the pages of history, the incredible tale of Grace and Rachel...
A painting of Molly Pitcher bravely manning a cannon during the Battle of Monmouth, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division via WikiCommons. Beginning during the American Revolutionary War and continuing through to today, there has been an elusive legend...
Peaceful Retreat Plantation – Mrs. Robert Gibbes’ Place, John’s Island, SC by Charles Fraser, May 1797. Original in the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Few records remain of the “Heroine of Stono,” but to begin we know that her...
Martha Bratton and the British officer holding the hook to her neck. She was harshly interrogated and still refused to divulge any valuable information, via WikiCommons. For Martha Bratton, the Revolutionary War started with a bang. In a whirlwind of events, she ended...
Kate Barry via Military Women’s memorial on Facebook Meet Kate Moore (Margaret Catherine Moore Barry) a true American hero! She was born in 1752 on a plantation in South Carolina and was the oldest of ten children in her family. Being the oldest in such a large...
