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Sep. 1, 1780
New Jersey
Huddy's Leap Monument in Rumson, New Jersey
Patriot leader Joshua Huddy leaps from Loyalist guerillas' boat into the Shrewsbury River in a storybook escape
Sep. 3, 1802
Pennsylvania
Edward Hand
Edward Hand, former Adjutant General of the Continental Army, dies at 57 of illness in Rock Ford, Lancaster, PA
Sep. 5, 1780
South Carolina
Francis Marion ordering the construction of defenses at Port's Ferry by Dale Watson
Francis Marion fortifies Port's Ferry in preparation for his operations in the Pee Dee of South Carolina
Sep. 6, 1757
France
Portrait of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
The Marquis de Lafayette is born at the Château de Chavaniac, Auvergne, France
Sep. 8, 1781
South Carolina
Jim Capers Eutaw Springs
Nathanael Greene kickstarts one of the largest and final battles of the Southern Campaign at Eutaw Springs
Sep. 9, 1711
Massachusetts
A portrait of Thomas Hutchinson by Edward Truman
Thomas Hutchinson, future Loyalist governor of Massachusetts, is born in Boston
Sep. 13, 1739
Pennsylvania
Brigadier General Andrew Pickens
Andrew Pickens, famed South Carolina revolutionary, is born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Sep. 15, 1775
South Carolina
Fort Johnson (Dale Watson)
The Moultrie flag is raised near Charleston after a small British garrison is defeated at Fort Johnson
Sep. 16, 1776
New York
Detail from an engraving of the Battle of Harlem Heights
Patriot forces experience one of their only victories as the British begin to conquer New York City at Harlem Heights
Sep. 17, 1775
Massachusetts
Minuteman Statue Detail Courtesy of Mike Talplacido
John Parker, Captain of the Lexington Militia, succumbs to tuberculosis following Lexington and the Siege of Boston
Sep. 19, 1777
New York
Great Redoubt at Saratoga photographed by Doug Menuez
The first battle of Saratoga--Freeman's Farm--commences and Patriot forces inflict massive casualties on the British
Sep. 23, 1742
South Carolina
Eutaw Capers
Enslaved drum major Jim Capers is born near Bull's Island, South Carolina
Sep. 25, 1728
Massachusetts
Mercy Otis Warren
Mercy Otis Warren, Patriot poet and playwright, is born in Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sep. 27, 1722
Massachusetts
A portrait of Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams, future prominent member of the Sons of Liberty, is born in Boston, Massachusetts
Sep. 27, 1805
South Carolina
Portrait of William Moultrie
William Moultrie, the namesake of Fort Moultrie, dies in Charleson at 74 years old
Sep. 29, 1823
South Carolina
Margaret Catherine Moore Barry
"Kate" Barry, a former Patriot scout of the Carolina backcountry for Daniel Morgan, dies at 70 in her home, Walnut Grove
Sep. 29, 1825
New York
Daniel Shays
Leader of Shays' Rebellion and former Continental, Daniel Shays, dies in poverty at his home in Sparta, New York at 78