The Lake Norman Brief
Revolutionary War
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Fort Watson: The Maham Tower and the First Falling Domino
In April 1781 Francis Marion and Henry Lee could not shoot into a British stockade perched on an old Santee mound, so…
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What Was the Southern Campaign? A Beginner’s Guide to the Revolution in the Carolinas
New to the Revolution in the Carolinas? This plain-language guide explains why Britain moved the war south, who fought it, the three…
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The Southern Campaign of the American Revolution: A Complete History from Savannah to Yorktown—and After
Britain’s Southern Strategy captured Savannah and Charleston but never controlled the Carolina interior. This master history follows the campaign phase by phase,…
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Battle of Blackstock’s Plantation, 1780
Two months before Cowpens, Thomas Sumter’s militia demonstrated how dangerous a prepared backcountry position could be. At Blackstock’s Plantation on November 20,…
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Torrence’s Tavern Battle Near Mooresville | Lake Norman History
The road from Cowan’s Ford to Salisbury carried soldiers, refugees and the consequences of defeat. At Torrence’s Tavern, near present-day Mooresville, Banastre…
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Battle of Weitzell’s Mill, 1781 | Road to Guilford Courthouse
Nine days before Guilford Courthouse, Otho Holland Williams’s detachment faced a more immediate problem: reach a creek crossing before British troops closed…
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Battle of Hobkirk’s Hill, 1781 | Greene’s Return to Camden
The April 25, 1781 Battle of Hobkirk’s Hill is one of the clearest tests of what the word victory means. Lord Rawdon…
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Siege of Fort Motte, 1781 | Rebecca Motte, Marion and Lee
At Fort Motte, the fight for South Carolina passed through a family home. British troops had converted Rebecca Motte’s house into a…
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Battle of Eutaw Springs, 1781 | Greene’s Southern Campaign
At Eutaw Springs on September 8, 1781, Greene’s army drove into a British camp, then lost the field to a stubborn defense…
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The Siege of Charleston (1780): The Greatest American Surrender of the Revolution
The 1780 Siege of Charleston ended with more than 5,000 Americans surrendered and opened the most violent phase of the Revolutionary War’s…