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Patriots, also known as Revolutionaries, Continentals, Rebels, or Whigs, were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who opposed the Kingdom of Great Britain's control and governance during the colonial era, and supported and helped launch the American Revolution that ultimately established American independence.
South Carolina's population was politically divided when the war began. The lowland communities, dominated by Charleston, sided strongly with the Patriots, while the back country held a large number of Loyalist sympathizers. [7] By August 1775, both sides were recruiting militia companies. [8]
After Buford refused Tarleton's invitation to surrender, the Legion charged. Buford bungled his defense and over three hundred Patriots were killed or wounded in a lop-sided British victory. Buford and eighty or ninety men escaped. Patriots soon spread a story that the Loyalists had bayoneted many of the wounded and those trying to surrender.
Elsewhere there were few British troops and the Patriots seized control of all levels of government, as well as supplies of arms and gunpowder. Vocal Loyalists recruited people to their side, often with the encouragement and assistance of royal governors. In the South Carolina back country, Loyalist recruitment outstripped that of Patriots.
The British were persuaded that there was a strong Loyalist sentiment in the South, where major planters and merchants had a variety of economic and familial ties with Great Britain. It was expected that these Loyalists would rise against the American Patriots in large numbers.
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British General Henry Clinton. Throughout the course of the American Revolutionary War, over 200 battles were fought within South Carolina, more than in any other state.On November 19, 1775, Patriot forces of the Long Cane Militia fought Loyalists in the first battle of Ninety Six, resulting in the death of James Birmingham, the first South Carolinian and southerner of the war.
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