Liberty Trail Events

A station constructed during high tensions with the Cherokee, this fortification was utilized by Loyalists until July of 1780.

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

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

This 18th-century plantation home, on the grounds of the Hampton Plantation State Historic Site, served as a place of refuge for Francis Marion who hid here from when British troops.

The Francis Marion is a forest literally steeped in history. Marion, dubbed the “Swamp Fox” by the British troops whose supply lines he disrupted with surprise attacks from the swamps.

This battleground was the site of three British camps, attacked by Patriot troops on August 6, 1780. It was a fight primarily between countrymen.

Located along the Great Pee Dee River, Snow's Island served as Francis Marion's favorite refuge for his militia in the swamps of South Carolina

The Battle of Camden was a devastating defeat suffered by the Americans in the British military offensive in the South.

Middleton Place is America’s Oldest Landscaped Gardens and home to a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Established in 1767 by the Patriot supporting Moore family. Local militia gathered at Walnut Grove prior to the Battle of Cowpens. Visitors may take guided tours of the house and grounds.

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

The Cowpens Battlefield commemorates Daniel Morgan’s victory over Banastre Tarleton on January 17, 1781.