The American Revolution in South Carolina
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

This course reviews the history of the American Revolution as fought in South Carolina. We start with an overview of the fraught political situation in South Carolina prior to the war, as well as the early battles there, followed by two years of militia in-fighting. Next, we briefly review the northern war which resulted in a stalemate, so the war shifted south. We then review in greater detail the battles which took place in the south involving Continentals and/or militia. We conclude with the brutal fighting that occurred after the surrender at Yorktown, and explain how it affected the eventual terms of the Treaty of Paris.