{"id":2614,"date":"2026-07-03T18:38:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2614"},"modified":"2026-07-03T18:38:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:38:20","slug":"sc-militias-fought-for-americas-freedom-who-fights-for-their-battlegrounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2614","title":{"rendered":"SC militias fought for America\u2019s freedom \u2013 who fights for their battlegrounds?"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>As a boy, Rick Wise was hooked on military history from the beginning. But he was never told he lived mere miles from the pivotal spot where the backcountry\u2019s \u201cSwamp Fox,\u201d Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion, first rallied his own brigade.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2612\">Heat advisory in place for Midlands amid July 4 weekend, weather service says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSouth Carolina\u2019s role in the American Revolution is not very well told, not at all,\u201d Wise, executive director of the South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust, said. \u201cThere\u2019s history in your own backyard, and people don\u2019t know about it, and we want people to understand where those sites are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>He grew up near Johnsonville and Witherspoon\u2019s Ferry, where the Williamsburg militia joined Marion in the first days of his campaign to regain control of the Palmetto State.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A passion for military history first led him to more than 20 years in the Army, but he now strives to make sure none of the state\u2019s more than 200 battles and skirmishes are forgotten.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to preserve those sites, so that people for future generations can know what took place,\u201d Wise said. \u201cBecause history is about people, and we want to tell those people\u2019s stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>And it isn\u2019t always easy to protect the sites of these long-ago clashes \u2014 South Carolina is the fastest growing state in the country, and preservation trusts often have to rush to acquire land before it\u2019s paved over.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea is to try to get these places before development has a chance to happen,\u201d Wise said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>But that is not always possible.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In one of the last battles of the Revolutionary War in the Carolinas, commander Nathaniel Greene forced the British to retreat toward Charleston in the Battle of Eutaw Springs, now called Eutawville.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Residential and commercial developments mingle with greenery near to where the American Battlefield Trust has protected 18 acres of the land that lies outside Eutaw Springs Battleground Park, which has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1970.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have homes and stores and other places built up on the battlefield,\u201d Wise said. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to be able to tell the story and preserve the pieces of property that we can get there to preserve the battlefield and be able to tell the story of the folks over at Eutaw Springs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Hanging Rock \u2014 another battle significant for Patriot efforts to dislodge British control of the South \u2014 was <u>named as one of the top 11 most endangered historical places<\/u> by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in May.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Located in Lancaster County south of Charlotte, Hanging Rock was an important British outpost that is now threatened by urban sprawl and commercial development.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Between 2001 and 2022, Charlotte has creeped outward about 70 square miles according to city data, increasing the push for highway and residential development in surroundings areas. The American Battlefield Trust, in partnership with the South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust, have saved more than 170 acres of the threatened site.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2611\">Black bears are moving through downtown Greenville more than ever. Here\u2019s why, biologists say<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Acquiring more property opens up opportunities for education, such as interpretation trails at Hanging Rock which detail the history and layout of the battleground.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>To Wise, these battlefields tell the story of a state that refused to be counted out.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 1780, the British captured Charleston, and that was followed up by the defeat at Waxhaws, and then the terrible defeat at Camden,\u201d he said. \u201cYou would think that it would be all over, but the people here in the backcountry of South Carolina rose up in defiance, and they refused to bow down to a king who was taking advantage of their people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Stacey Ferguson, deputy director and battlefield manager at Historic Camden, says people who visit the site of the costly Battle of Camden often don\u2019t know much about the significant role the South played in the war.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing that I hear most interacting with visitors here in historic Camden\u2026 They\u2019re just surprised, they\u2019re like, \u2018I never knew anything about the South, I didn\u2019t know this was here,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201c(The war) probably ended as soon as it did because of that work that had happened in the Carolinas with the Southern troops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Most of the Camden battle site \u2014 about 700 acres \u2014 is protected in perpetuity by Historic Camden and the American Battlefield Trust, though the latter still classifies residential development and the lumber industry as a \u201csignificant threat\u201d to the outskirts of the battlefield, where the Maryland brigade carried out a fighting retreat.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the American Battlefield Trust said it is in the process of pursuing new property in the state, though it won\u2019t disclose where until the deal is final.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Managers of the Camden battlefield halted all timbering on their land more than four years ago, when they discovered shallowly-buried remnants of soldiers on the property. Those soldiers were reburied with military honors in 2023, and one was even identified using genealogical forensics.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>With the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence coming up, Ferguson urges South Carolinians to think about all the important milestones to come in 2026 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always want to encourage folks to know that the 250th doesn\u2019t end on July 5, 2026,\u201d Ferguson said. \u201cThat was just the beginning of the hard work that had to be done in order for us to earn our freedom, earn our liberty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>All of these battlesites and more can be explored through <u>The Liberty Trail: SC<\/u>, developed with the South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust to highlight the state\u2019s contributions in the Revolutionary War.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Virtual and guided tours are available at most locations, with more information available on the Liberty Trail app.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2609\">USC\u2019s million-dollar club: 8 employees earn $1M or more per year<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historians and trusts race to protect South Carolina Revolutionary War battlefields like Eutaw Springs, Hanging Rock and Camden from fast-moving development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-carolina"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SC militias fought for America\u2019s freedom \u2013 who fights for their battlegrounds? 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