Hiking Through History

Treacherous waters and Patriot fire foil a British attack on Charleston Harbor

Fort Fair Lawn was a British outpost in 1780–1781 and was the target of a daring Patriot raid on November 17, 1781, and abandoned by the British a week later.

Completed in 1713, The Powder Magazine is South Carolina's oldest government building.

A surprise Patriot attack on Loyalist recruits is a blow to the British

McLeroth and his 64th Regiment were escorting 200 recruits from Charleston to Camden when Marion, with about 700 men, surprised them at Halfway Swamp.

Patriot Leader Nathanael Greene Is repulsed but not defeated in his campaign to chase the British from the South Carolina backcountry

An architectural treasure in its own right, the South Carolina Historical Society Museum is housed in a National Historic Landmark building and features interactive exhibits on the people, places, and movements that shaped the state and nation.

The site of a 1775 battle and a critical outpost for the British after they captured Charleston in 1780, the colonial town of Ninety Six was also the setting of a 28-day siege in 1781.

The Patriots launch a misguided attack on British troops retreating from an aborted raid on Charleston

This last major battle of the war in the South succeeded in driving the British out of rural South Carolina.

Huck’s Defeat occurred on July 12, 1780. The battleground is on the site of Historic Brattonsville, a former colonial plantation.

The Patriots Take Provisions and Prisoners in a Surprise Attack on a British Supply Depot.