Friends:
Please join the editorial staff of Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution, the Southern Campaigns Roundtable and our friends at the Spartanburg Regional History Museum and in the Revolutionary War Roundtable of the Backcountry, in Spartanburg, SC for a symposium on the “Redcoats: The British in South Carolina during the American Revolution — Enemies We Love (To Hate)” on Friday, September 12, 2008.
We will return to the beautiful campus of Wofford College and have a great program lined up focusing on the British and Loyalists operating in the South Carolina backcountry.
The Revolutionary War Roundtable of the Backcountry,
The Spartanburg County Regional History Museum and the Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution proudly present

“Redcoats: The British in South Carolina during the American Revolution –
Enemies We Love (To Hate)”

Papadopoulos Room, Wofford College
September 12, 2008 - 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
(Cost: $35 includes lunch, breaks & panel of speakers)

Thursday, September 11

6:00 – 8:00 pm Reception at the Spartanburg Regional History Museum, Chapman Cultural Center
Conference presenters for the Friday presentations will be available to discuss the
Redcoats Exhibit and events in the Carolina Backcountry that led to American
Independence. No charge. Redcoats Exhibit Dates at the Spartanburg Regional
History Museum - July 22 - September 30 - Tuesdays - Saturdays - 10 am - 5 pm, Thursdays until 8:00 pm (no charge)

Friday, September 12

8:30 – 9:30 pm Registration & Social Time Papadopoulos Room, Wofford College

9:30 – 9:40 am Welcome, facility orientation and introductions
Dr. Phil Racine, William R. Keenan, Jr. Professor of History, Wofford College
Ms. Jennifer Furrow, Executive Director, Spartanburg County Historical Association
Ms. Nannie Jefferies, Spartanburg Regional Museum of History
Mr. Charles Baxley, Publisher & Editor, Southern Campaigns of the American
Revolution

9:45 – 10:05 am One King, Three Peoples: The British 2d Southern Campaign
Jim Piecuch – Professor of History Kennesaw State University
9:40 – 9:45 - introduction of presenter, 10:05 – 10:15 - Q & A

10:15 – 10:35 am First morning break

10:35 – 10:50 am Alleged British Brutality during the Occupation of South Carolina
Greg Brooking – PhD Student and adjunct instructor Georgia State University, 10:50 – 11:00 - Q & A

11:00 – 11:20 am Second morning break

11:20 – 12:25 pm Demonstration of the Southern Campaigns Roundtable
David Reuwer, moderator
1780-1781 SC Loyalist Militia Organization – Will Graves and Local British & Provincial troops operating in the western South Carolina Backcountry George Fields.
Extemporaneous discussions by “roundtablieurs” – Mike Scoggins, Bobby Moss, George
Fields, Will Graves, Mike Coker, Barbara Abernethy, Greg Brooking, John Robertson,
and Steve Rauch.

12:30 – 1:45 pm Lunch & themed roundtable discussions Multicultural Room, Burwell Building
with designated table leaders

“Who are those guys, anyway?” the Sundance Kid to Butch Cassidy.

Short presentations on British and Loyalists officers and units serving in the SC Backcountry.

1:55 – 2:55 pm Papadopoulos Room

Barbara Abernethy – Lt. Col. Nesbit Balfour and Lord Francis Rawdon
Mike Scoggins – Capt. John Fanning – “Sandy River Boys” and Col. Matthew Floyd – Broad River SC Loyalists militia
David Reuwer – the infamous Cunninghams, Gen. Robert, Maj. Patrick and Maj. William “Bloody Bill” Cunningham
Ron Crawley & Daniel Murphy – Maj. James Dunlop
Steve Rauch – Lt. Col. John Harris Cruger and Ga. Loyalist militia Col. Thomas Waters

2:55 – 3:15 pm Break

3:15 – 3:55 pm “Ask the experts” freestyle panel – questions from the audience Steve Rauch, moderator, Panelists: Mike Scoggins, Bobby Moss, George Fields, Jim Piecuch, and John Robertson
3:55 - 4:00 pm Closing - Invitation to tour museum exhibit; subscribe to SCAR; and invitation to join Revolutionary War Roundtable of the Backcountry

4:00 pm Book signings and informal chat

Hope to see you there.

Charles B. Baxley
Editor / Publisher
Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution
www.southerncampaign.org
cbbaxley@truvista.net

CALL FOR PAPERS

2009 Naval History Symposium

The History Department of the United States Naval Academy invites
proposals for papers to be presented at its 2009 Naval History Symposium in Annapolis, Maryland, from 10-12 September 2009. The 2007 symposium was extremely successful, with over 300 in attendance and 138 papers presented.

Proposals on any aspect of naval and maritime history are welcome. Paper proposals should include an abstract not exceeding 250 words and a one-page vita. Panel proposals are also encouraged and should contain an abstract and vita for each panelist. Please mail proposals to Commander C.C. Felker, History Department (12C), 107 Maryland Avenue, Annapolis, Maryland 21402-5044; or send electronic proposals to felker@usna.edu.
The deadline for submitting proposals is 10 January 2009. The program committee expects to finalize the program in February 2009. Final versions of papers are due by 1 August 2009.

A limited number of travel stipends are available to scholars residing outside the United States and graduate students within the United States. Please indicate your desire to apply for a travel stipend in the cover letter or email that contains your proposal.

The program committee will award prizes to the best papers presented at the Symposium. As in the past, we will publish selected papers at a later date.

Information on the 2009 symposium can be found online at
www.usna.edu/History/symposium. Specific inquiries should be directed to CDR C.C. Felker at email felker@usna.edu.

Delaware at last honors its revolutionary soldiers
By GINGER GIBSON • The News Journal • July 16, 2008

It took 225 years, but Delawareans who fought in the Revolutionary
War finally got their recognition Wednesday.

State leaders dedicated a life-size bronze statue outside Legislative
Hall in honor of the men who fought with the Delaware Continentals.
Organizers of the construction and dedication of the statue believe
Delaware is the last of the original 13 states to dedicate a
Revolutionary War memorial on capitol grounds.

Dick Carter, who oversaw the commission to create the statue, planned
a dedication ceremony with all the pomp and circumstance due for war
heroes – even if none of them could attend.

“Some people expressed the view that the monument has completed
Legislative Hall, and that made me feel good to hear that,” Carter
said.

The sculpture, by noted historical military sculptor Ron Tunison of
Cairo, N.Y., sits on a large granite base in an existing amphitheater
in front of Legislative Hall, facing Court Street.

Bronze plaques will detail the regiments’ history, uniforms and
equipment – and list names of all known members. During research, the
archives staff “discovered several hundred more names in addition to
those listed in standard reference works,” the commission said. The
plaques are expected to be installed later this year.

The statue project got its start with a first-grade class at Mount
Pleasant Elementary that appealed to legislators to remedy an
omission in historical recognition.

Teacher Elsja Kumpon’s class, which included former Rep. Wayne
Smith’s son, researched history of the Revolutionary War and how
government works.

At Smith’s suggestion, Kumpon said, her class wrote letters about the
need for a Revolutionary War statue and took a field trip to
Legislative Hall to speak in front of the House.

By working with the students, Smith was able to pass a bill that not
only set the foundation for the statue, but also forever memorialized
the class.

Carter said some of the students attended the dedication ceremony.
They were first-graders at the time, just learning about history and
civics, and now the children are in the fifth grade and will forever
have the memory of participating in the creation of the statue.

“It’s so neat for those kids that they’ll always get to be a part of
that history,” Kumpon said.

AP: House creates trail following march to Yorktown

The 600-mile route taken by the armies of Gen. George Washington and his French partner in the climactic campaign of the Revolutionary War would become a national historic trail under legislation passed by the House Thursday.

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Teachers’ Institute

The Chesapeake in Revolution: Daily Life and Politics in Virginia and Maryland, 1750 - 1800

Tuesday, July 29 - Thursday, July 31, 2008

Presented by Gunston Hall Plantation and The Society of the Cincinnati

Sessions take place on Mason Neck, Virginia with a field trip to the Anderson House, Washington, D.C. (transportation provided)

Classroom Strategies Informal Presentations Small -Group Sessions

Learning through Primary Documents Interactive Walking Tour Hands-on Activities Coordinated with Virginia’s History & Social Studies Standards of Learning for 4th, 5th,6th, & 11th Grades and Maryland’s Social Studies Curriculum for 5th & 6th Grades

Open to 30 elementary and secondary school teachers, especially teachers of social studies and U.S. history. Limited places for museum educators, guides, docents, and re-enactors associated with historic sites.

30 re-certification hours (additional hours available with the completion of an optional lesson plan).

Applications are available on-line at www.gunstonhall.org or contact the
Gunston Hall education department at 703-550-9220.