Major Butler News Triggers Bold Plan at Dove Cote
Mildred Lindsay learns Major Butler is a prisoner and defects to a bold scheme. She resolves to seek Cornwallis with Henry and Horse Shoe Robinson guiding a perilous dawn march to secure his release and expose Tyrrel's charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred
Squire Lindsay
Mr. Lindsay
Dove Cote
Arthur Butler
Horse Shoe Robinson
Lindsay
Mr. Robinson
Horseshoe
Butler
Henry
Foster
Huzza
Robinson
Major Butler
Horse Shoe
Stephen Foster
Arthur
Tyrrel
Lord Cornwallis
Cornwallis
Miadam
Peter
Rangers
Brother
Isaac
Mildred’s Determined Journey Toward Cornwallis
Mildred begins a perilous quest to plead Butler’s cause with British general Cornwallis. She defies social norms and personal danger, riding south from Virginia with Henry, Isaac, and others, toward Tarborough as Cornwallis shifts operations near the Waxhaws after Camden. The group prepares for a renewed conflict as distant battles pause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred
Butler
Horse Shoe
Cornwallis
Arthur
Dan
North Carolina
Hillough
Tarborough
Camden
Waxhaws
Catawba
Cowpens Battlefield Tales Spark Local Memory and County Debate
A Corsicana minister recounts family memories of the Cowpens battle and Gen Morhins, noting landmarks near Cowpens Crossroads and a grandfather’s musket collection. Col Tarleton’s retreat tale is recounted, then citizens discuss forming a Fountain Inn county from Greenville, Laurens, and Spartanburg, with opposition and bond-issue considerations.
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Dallas
Texas
T. L. Scruggs
Corsicana
Outing
Gen. Mor
Cowpens
Gen
Morhean
Col
William Washington
Col. Tarleton
Col Tarleton
Washington
Tarleton
Wks
Smith’s Ford
Broad River
Smith's Ford
Molly Harper
Col. Washington
Charleston
United States
Morgan
Cowpens Battle Ground
Cowpens Crossroads
Spartanburg
S.C
Island Ford
Broadriver
N. C
Blue Ridge Mountains
Washington, D. C
Robert Scruggs
Columbia
Greenville
Laurens
Spartanburge
Fountain Inn
Law for 70 Roads Sets Duties on Overseers and Commutation Tax
A historical statute manual outlines road work duties across counties. It details road bed widths ditching drainage and bridge work, overseer powers, fines for noncompliance, and required labor or commutation tax. It lists county by county days of labor and tax amounts, with enforcement and accountability provisions.
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County Board of Commissioners
Warner
Board of Township Commissioners
Township Board of Commissioners
Township Commissioners
County
Board of Commissioners
Greenville
Anderson
Pickens
Union
Marion
Horry
Spartanburg
Cherokee
Saluda County
Abbeville
Bamberg
Barnwell
Beaufort
Berkeley
Charleston
Chester
Chesterfield
Clarendon
Darlington
Dorchester
Fairfield
Florence
Saluda
Sumter
Williamsburg
York
Charendo
Dol Dorchester
Ot’ County
Lee
Gin
Newberry
Oconee
Richland
Lexington
Board of County Commissioners
Orangeburg
Saide
Bec
Georgetown
Submerged Guns in Harbor Experiment at Portsmouth
The Portsmouth test mounted an Armstrong 110 pound gun underwater at low tide aimed at an oak target and the hull of the Griper. Water immersion to six feet, electric firing, and a three inch boiler plate showed the blast piercing wood and breaking iron, proving submerged guns could damage harbor targets. London Spectator notes the wartime feasibility and potential for coastal attack.
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Portsmouth
England
London Spectator
Also Mentioned on This Page
Upper Carolina
John P. Kennedy
Dale
Miss Mildred
Stephen
Gates
Dimock
Martial
Corps of Rangers
Henry Thi
Pete
Morrison
Steve
Carolina
J. S. Brice
York County Board of Commissioners
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