Research and stories from the Revolutionary War in the South Carolina backcountry.
Durant Ashmore Collections
Browse the essays, maps, media, and more
The Little River Regiment
- The Little River Regiment
- The James Williams Petition
- The Little River Regiment Honor Roll
- Mary Ramage Dillard
- Robert Long
Battles
- Lindley’s Fort – 7/15/1776
- Summer of 1780: Waxhaws, Huck’s Defeat, Camden
- Musgrove Mill – 8/19/1780
- Kings Mountain – 10/7/1780
- Hammond’s Old Store – 12/30/1780
- Cowpens – 1/17/1781
- Fort Ridgeway – 9/1781
- Hayes’ Station – 11/19/1781
Site Guide
Field Trip Recaps
Blog posts from visits to Revolutionary War sites and battlefields.
- Hammonds Old Store in the News – June 2025
- Catawba River Valley Battlefield Tour – January 2025
- First Day 2025 – January 2025
- Witness Trees – September 2023
- Hammond’s Old Store and the SC Battleground Preservation Trust – August 2023
- Hopsewee Plantation, Revisited – June 2023
- The Battle of Wambaw Bridge – May 2023
- Cowpens Battlefield Walk – April 2023
- The American Heritage Festival 2023 – March 2023
- Liberty Trail – August 2022
- Revolutionary War Driving Tour Coming! – August 2022
- Ghosts, St. James, and Guardian Angels – May 2022
- Hampton Plantation – May 2022
- Camden and Waxhaws Field Trip – March 2022