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On my post yesterday, Dorothy Pennachio mentioned Buford’s Massacre, also known as the Battle of Waxhaws, so I’m posting pics from that site. I visited here in January on the Cowpen’s Anniversary weekend. Tomorrow I’ll post Ninety-Six, then Eutaw Springs, followed by some miscellaneous pics. I may throw in Cowpens and Kings Mountain. The Buford’sContinue reading “Bufford’s Massacre”

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 AmRevContinue reading “Ninety Six”

The Battle of Eutaw Springs was on Sept. 8th, 1781 and was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War in the Carolinas. The battlefield is located at 12933 Old Number Six Hwy, Eutawville, SC 29048, just South of the town. I believe the site is owned by the American Battlefield Trust. Cornwallis was nowContinue reading “Battle of Eutaw Springs”

The 239 Anniversary Celebration of the Battle of Cowpens happened on January 18th & 19th of this year. There’s been a fair amount posted over the last couple of months about Cowpens so I’m going to post less about the details of the battle and more pictures of the re-enactors and the grounds of theContinue reading “Cowpens”

THE CONTINENTAL ARMY MOVEMENTS FROM BRANDYWINE TO VALLEY FORGE: TRAPPE TO FATLANDS AND ON TO CAMP POTTSGROVE Part 1 After moving through Trappe and down the hill to the Perkiomen Creek – in present-day Collegeville, the army crossed to the east side of the creek. The Perkiomen Bridge Hotel stands in disrepair at the bridgeContinue reading “Trappe to Fatlands and on to Camp Pottsgrove – Part 1”

Parker’s Ford to Trappe – Part 3 Once across the Schuylkill River, the Continental Army proceeded up what is now Linfield-Trappe Road towards Trappe and ultimately the fords south of Parker’s Ford to prevent the British from crossing over to the east side and moving down to Philadelphia. Today we don’t think of Philadelphia properContinue reading “Parker’s Ford to Trappe – Part 3”

PARKER’S FORD TO TRAPPE The east bank of Parker’s Ford is located in Linfield, Limerick Township and the Linfield-Trappe Road led from here to the Colonial Great Road (present day Ridge Pike) just west of Trappe. At the time the road was known as the Schuylkill Road. This was the intended route for the armyContinue reading “Parker’s Ford to Trappe – Part 2”

Parker’s Ford to Trappe – Part 1 After the Battle of the Clouds and the subsequent moves through Yellow Springs to Warwick and Reading Furnaces (more about the furnaces in a future post) Washington decided to move back East towards the British with the intention of crossing the Schuylkill River and defending the multiple fordsContinue reading “Parker’s Ford to Trappe – Part 1”