Stories by author "South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust": 4
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1706 French and Spanish Attack on South Carolina Lowcountry
Following the British attack on St. Augustine in 1702, a combined French and Spanish fleet moved to Charles Town, weakened by a yellow fever epidemic. On August 21, a ship arrived at the port city,…
1706 French & Spanish Attack
In late summer 1706, a combined force of French and Spanish troops attacked the South Carolina Lowcountry intent on vanquishing the fledgling English colony as Charles Town reeled from a plague of…
Dearsley’s Creek
In late summer 1706, a joint force of French and Spanish troops attacked the Lowcountry intent on driving English colonists from its shores in a quest for imperial dominance in North America. This…
Jim Capers, an American Hero
Jim Capers was born into slavery on September 23, 1742, on William Capers' Bull Bay plantation in Christ Church Parish, South Carolina. On June 15, 1775, William Capers allowed Jim to enlist as a drum…