From the American Battlefield Trust calendar and timeline.
MARCH 5, 1770
** Boston Massacre
MARCH 7, 1776
** British evacuate Boston.
MARCH 23, 1775
** Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech in Richmond, Virginia.
MARCH 29, 1780
** Siege of Charleston, South Carolina, begins.
MARCH 31, 1774
Boston Port Act. Parliament closes the city's December Tea Party.
--Brock-Perry
MAY 10, 1775
** Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys seize Fort Ticonderoga. Also, the Second Continental Congress meets
MAY 10, 1773
** Tea Act-- An attempt by Parliament to undercut smugglers by reducing the price of tea to the colonies.
MAY 12, 1780
** British capture of Charleston, South Carolina.
MAY 15, 1781
** Battle of Fort Granby, South Carolina.
MAY 20, 1778
** Battle of Barren Hill, Pennsylvania.
MAY 28, 1754
** The French and Indian War begins.
MAY 29, 1780
** Battle of Waxhaws, South Carolina
--Cooter
From the American Battlefield Trust.
MARCH 3, 1779
** Battle of Brier Creek, Georgia
MARCH 5, 1770
** Boston Massacre
MARCH 15, 1781
** Battle of Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina.
MARCH 22, 1765
** Stamp Act. Tax on paper goods and legal documents.
MARCH 23, 1775
** Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech, Richmond, Virginia.
MARCH 29, 1780
** Siege of Charleston, South Carolina, begins.
--Cooter
From the American Battlefield Trust March 2022 calendar.
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
88 acres saved
Picture of Marion Square.
Home to a weekly farmers market and impromptu picnics, Charleston's Marion Square is also the setting for a Liberty Trail-sponsored archaeological study to document the footprint of the Horn Work.
This structure once stood tall as the defensive centerpiece for Continental commanders during the American Revolution. It was where American generals Lincoln and Moultrie surrendered to the British after a six-week siege that began on March 29, 1780.
The trust and its partners, including the South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust, have saved 88 Revolutionary acres around Charleston.
--Cooter
In the spring of 1778, Andrew Pickens became the colonel of a regiment of South Carolina militia which he later led to victory at the Battle of Kettle Creek. In 1780, he became a prisoner when the British captured Charleston and he accepted a parole, agreeing to sit out the war.
Later that year, he returned to the war when Loyalists burned his home.
On January 17, 1781, he commanded a brigade of South Carolina militia at the Battle of Cowpens, a decisive victory for the Patriots. After the battle, he was promoted to rank of brigadier general. He was later wounded at the Battle of Eutaw Springs in September.
In 1782, he was elected to the South Carolina General Assembly in 1782 and went on to serve with them for a decade.
He purchased land on the Seneca River and constructed Hopewell Plantation, which would become a frequent site of negotiations with Native Americans.
From 1783 to 1795, Pickens represented South Carolina in the United States House of Representatives. On August 17, 1817, he passed away at the age of 77, several months after his son Andrew Pickens Jr. was sworn in as the Governor of South Carolina. He is buried near Pendleton, South Carolina.
--Cooter
