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May. 3, 1779
South Carolina
Battle of Coosawhatchie, Commissioned by The South Carolina Historical Society
John Laurens attempts to brashly thwart an attack by Augustine Prevost at the Battle of Coosawhatchie
May. 6, 1839
North Carolina
Fort Defiance in Lenoir North Carolina
William Lenoir, Patriot officer and influential NC politician, dies two days shy of his 88th birthday at Fort Defiance
May. 8, 1751
Virginia
Portrait of Major General William Lenoir
Future North Carolina militia leader William Lenoir is born into a Huguenot family in Brunswick County, Virginia
May. 8, 1753
Senegal
A statue of Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley, future African American poet, is born in West Africa
May. 9, 1810
Massachusetts
Portrait of Benjamin Lincoln
Benjamin Lincoln passes away at 77 years old at his lifelong home
May. 10, 1818
Massachusetts
Painting of a man holding a metal teapot.
Paul Revere passes away at 83 and is buried at the Granary Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts
May. 12, 1737
Rhode Island
Christopher Greene
Militia leader, Christopher Greene, is born in Warwick, Rhode Island
May. 12, 1780
South Carolina
Conclusion of the Siege of Charleston and British occupation painting by Dale Watson
Benjamin Lincoln surrenders 5,000 Patriots and the city of Charleston to the British after a 3 month siege
May. 14, 1781
New York
Christopher Greene
Christopher Greene, along Maj. Ebenezer Flagg and six Black soldiers, are killed by Loyalists of De Lancey's Brigade
May. 16, 1771
North Carolina
Photo by Anthony Crider of the James Hunter Monument at Alamance
The NC Regulators clash with and are defeated by Royalist militia in the final battle of the colonial period at Alamance
May. 19, 1786
Georgia
a portrait in oil of Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene, the "Savior of the South," passes away from sunstroke at the age of 43 at Mulberry Grove Plantation
May. 20, 1775
North Carolina
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, it's existence still debated to this day, is allegedly drafted in NC
May. 22, 1802
Virginia
Martha Washington Engraving
Martha Washington passes away at the age of 70 at Mount Vernon
May. 28, 1738
Virginia
illustration of a man from American Colonial era
Benjamin Cleveland, a hero of Kings Mountain, is born in Orange County Virginia
May. 29, 1780
South Carolina
Waxhaws
Surrendering Patriot forces under Abraham Buford are massacred by Banastre Tarleton's dragoons at Waxhaws
May. 29, 1790
Connecticut
Portrait of Israel Putnam
Israel Putnam, former officer of Rogers' Rangers and commander at Bunker Hill, dies at 72 in Brooklyn, Connecticut