All of the great comments and discussions on my posts have inspired me to continue posting (although not every day) after I’m done with what I have on the Southern Campaign. I have some pics from some Philadelphia Campaign sites, and once I get back to PA, will have some new, less well known AmRev content. Hopefully you’ll continue to find them interesting.
Ninety Six is a fascinating (and underappreciated) site. There is so much going on here historically, it rouses my internal Social Studies teacher: Native American studies and colonial relations, frontier colonial life, colonial and frontier politics, Westward expansion, military fort and siege tactics/military engineering and of course, the Southern Campaign.
No lack of great Patriot leaders as well including Greene, Pickens, Harry Lee, Thaddeus Kosciuszko (personal favorite) and to a lesser extent Sumter and Lee (who were moving to reinforce Greene and prevent Rowden who was moving from Camden to relieve the loyalists under siege).
The Ninety Six National Historical Site is located at Ninety Six, SC, 1103 Highway 248 S, Ninety Six, SC 29666. The visitor’s center is small but decent, and the site features colonial life exhibits relating to the frontier town that was there; a reproduction stockade fort from the 1781 battle that was built over the original, simple fort from the 1775 battle between loyalists and patriots; and the star fort with siege trenches and fortifications.
I’m posting more pics than usual since as I mentioned, there’s a lot going on here. Please see the comments/descriptions on the photos that go into more detail. I’ve included some of the interpretive panels on display to give you a better idea of what you’re looking at. It will take me a little time to update all the descriptions on the photos, so check back.
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