- William Moultrie
William Moultrie (pronEng|ˈmuːltriː), (
November 23 ,1730 –September 27 ,1805 ) was a general fromSouth Carolina in theAmerican Revolutionary War .He was born in
Charleston, South Carolina . He fought in theAnglo-Cherokee War (1761) and served in the colonial assembly before the advent of theAmerican Revolution .In 1775 he was commissioned colonel of the
2nd South Carolina Regiment . In December of that year he led a raid on an encampment of runaway slaves on Sullivan's Island, killing 50 and capturing the rest.In 1776 his defense of a small fort on Sullivan's Island (later named
Fort Moultrie in his honor) prevented Sir Henry Clinton and Sir Peter Parker from takingCharleston, South Carolina . TheContinental Congress passed a resolution thanking Moultrie. He was promoted tobrigadier general and his regiment was taken into theContinental Army .Moultrie's skill failed to prevent the fall of Savannah, Georgia to the British in 1778. He was captured in the fall of Charleston to the British in 1780 and later exchanged. He was promoted to
major general in 1782, the last person appointed to that rank by Congress.After the war he served as
governor of South Carolina (1785–87, 1795–97). He wrote "Memoirs of the Revolution as far as it Related to the States of North and South Carolina" (1802).References
*Ward, Harry M. "Moultrie, William". "
American National Biography Online ", February 2000.External links
* [http://www.scstatehouse.net/studentpage/moultrie.htm Statehouse Biography of William Moultrie]
* [http://www.sciway.net/hist/governors/moultrie.html SCIway Biography of William Moultrie]
* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=d195c9eea881a010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD NGA Biography of William Moultrie]
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