The Rival Burr and the Blockhouse Raid in Westchester
Colonel Burr trains his men with strict discipline aided by locals who share information. He leads a night assault on a British blockhouse, capturing prisoners and boosting his troops’ loyalty. A larger pursuit against Governor Tryon ends in a bold victory, but Burr’s health declines, prompting his resignation in 1779 and a poignant farewell letter from Margaret Moncrieffe. Burr reflects on love, duty, and fate as he ends a storied military career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr
Black
McDougall
Tryon
New York
Long Island Sound
Putnam
Connecticut
Burry
Monmouth
Westchester
Hall
Highlands
Thompson
Greene
Flagg
Washington
Colonel Burr
Middlebrook
Margaret Moncrieffe
Atlantic
America
Arabia
Poem Fragment on Love’s Fearful Toll
A brief reading of a verse fragment contemplates the love of a woman as both lovely and frightening. It notes that all who gamble on this bond face a mortal risk and that if it ends, life offers only memories and mockery of what once was. The lines reflect on fate, loss, and the hollow aftermath for those who invest in love.
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Aaron Burr
Margaret
Paradise
Adam
Eve
Jesus
Mary Magdalene
Margaret Moncrieffe
Earth
Hell
Battle of Williamson's or Huck's Defeat in 1780
York county patriots under Edward Lacey Bratton and McLure attack Huck Ferguson’s camp at Williamson’s on Fishing Creek. Surprise assault kills Huck and Ferguson, scatters British and Tory forces after a one hour fight. Dozens wounded, roughly forty dead, many held as prisoners or sent to local houses for care. The raid boosts Whig morale and halts Tory plunder in the region.
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Charleston
North Carolina
South Carolina
Col. Locke
Moore
Welch
Ramsour’s Mill
Tarleton
Waxhaw
Charlotte
Fairfield
Chester
York Counties
John MecLure
Houseman
Beckhamville
Chester County
Huck
Tousand
Alexander Williford
Fishing Creek
Ferguson
Fishing Creek Church
John Simpson
Rev. Simpson
Simpson
McLure
John McLure
Sumter
Clem
William Strong
Col
William Hill
Alison Creek
York County
Simrl
Union Church
Gen. Sumter
Lancaster County
Catawba
Edward Lacey
William Bratton
John Mills
York
Lacey
Bratton
Cols
Hill
Neil
Huck and Ferguson
White's
Williford’s Mill
Brattonville
Yorkville
Col. Lacey
Old Lacey
Reuben
Edward
Reuben Lacey
Mills
Williamson
James Moore
Sentinel
Samuel Williamson
James Williamson
Huck and
Martha Bratton
John Bratton
Williamson's
Bratton’s
Thomas Carroll
Toole’s Fork
Calvin P. Sandifer
Dr. Turner
John
Joseph
Col. Bratton
James McLure
Hugh Bratton
Thomas Bratton
John Moffett
John Nixon
James Hemphill
James Mitchell
John McConnell
John Chambers
Jas. Wallace
William Guy
Andrew Love
Chase Curry
John Kidd
Alexander Moore
Wm. Moore
John Moore
His Fourney
William Burris
Richard Wynn
John Miller
John Swann
James Ross
William Ross
Charles Miles
Robert Ashe
James McElwee
John Smith
Peter Wylie
Robert Brown
Thomas Rainey
Samuel Rainey
Benjamin Rainey
Francis Wylie
Joseph Gaston
Ee Heen
James Adair
Wm. Adair
John McCaw
Wm. Lewis
John Martin
John Thomas Boggs
David Sadler
G. Jameison
John Barry
Williams
John Wallace
Henry Ray
James Thomas Gill
Arthur Gill
John Carroll
John Williamson
Adam W' Samuel Williamson
George Williamson
Jas. Williamson
Tillman Criticized by Lyon Ally in South Carolina Pressure
Abbeville Press and Banner criticizes Senator Tillman for personal attacks on J Fraser Lyon in a Columbia speech. The piece defends Lyon, praises Tillman’s stature yet protests the unparliamentary conduct, and notes Lyon’s public service and dispensary stance. Further remarks from Dr Holmes discuss medicine and caution against dangerous threats.
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Tillman
Columbia
J. Fraser Lyon
Mr. Lyon
Mr. Tillman
Lyon
Washington
Justice
Senator Tillman
Abbeville Press and Banner
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Alexander Hamilton
Jere Clemens
Robert Lathan
The
Yorkville Enquirer
Banner
House of Representatives
Mrphrne
Dr. Holmes
Hippocrates
Chiron
Centaur