Named Entity Results, Rocky Mount (North Carolina, United States)

r. 3, 1779 Stono FerryJune 20, 1779 Stony PointJuly 16, 1779 Paulus's HookAug. 19, 1779 Chemung (near Elmira, N. Y.）Aug. 29, 1779 SavannahOct. 9, 1779 Charleston (Siege and Surrender of)May 12, 1780 Springfield (N. J.)June 23, 1780 Rocky Mount (N. C.)July 30, 1780 Hanging Rock (N. C.)Aug. 6, 1780 Sander's Creek (near Camden, S. C.）Aug. 16, 1780 King's Mountain (S. C.)Oct. 7, 1780 Fish Dam FordNov. 18, 1780 BlackstocksNov. 20, 1780 CowpensJan. 17, 1781 GuilfordMar. 15, 1781 Hobkir. 3, 1779 Stono FerryJune 20, 1779 Stony PointJuly 16, 1779 Paulus's HookAug. 19, 1779 Chemung (near Elmira, N. Y.）Aug. 29, 1779 SavannahOct. 9, 1779 Charleston (Siege and Surrender of)May 12, 1780 Springfield (N. J.)June 23, 1780 Rocky Mount (N. C.)July 30, 1780 Hanging Rock (N. C.)Aug. 6, 1780 Sander's Creek (near Camden, S. C.）Aug. 16, 1780 King's Mountain (S. C.)Oct. 7, 1780 Fish Dam FordNov. 18, 1780 BlackstocksNov. 20, 1780 CowpensJan. 17, 1781 GuilfordMar. 15, 1781 Hobk

near Whitehaven, England, June 20, 1756; came to America in 1764 with his father, and settled in South Carolina with his uncle, who educated him at the College of New Jersey (where William Richardson Davie. he graduated in 1776), and adopted him as his heir. He prepared himself for the law as a profession, but became an active soldier in the Revolution in a troop of dragoons. When he was in command of the troop he annexed it to Pulaski's Legion. He fought at Stono, Hanging Rock, and Rocky Mount; and at the head of a legionary corps, with the rank of major, he opposed the advance of Cornwallis into North Carolina. After the overthrow of the American army at Camden he saved the remnant of it; and he was a most efficient commissary under General Greene in the Southern Department. He rose to great eminence as a lawyer after the war, and was a delegate to the convention that framed the national Constitution, but sickness at home compelled him to leave before the work was accomplish

Rocky Mount, skirmish at When Gates was marching on Camden, S. C., in July, 1780, Col. Thomas Sumter first appeared in power on the View at Rocky Mount. borders of the Catawba River. He had gathered a considerable force, and on July 30 he left Major Davie's camp, crossed to the right bank of the Catawba, and proceeded cautiRocky Mount. borders of the Catawba River. He had gathered a considerable force, and on July 30 he left Major Davie's camp, crossed to the right bank of the Catawba, and proceeded cautiously but swiftly to attack a British post at Rocky Mount. The British commander, warned of his approach by a Tory, was prepared. A sharp skirmish ensued, and Sumter was repulsed. The site of this battle is near the right bank of the Catawba River. The view in the picture is in a northeasterly direction, looking towards Lancastiftly to attack a British post at Rocky Mount. The British commander, warned of his approach by a Tory, was prepared. A sharp skirmish ensued, and Sumter was repulsed. The site of this battle is near the right bank of the Catawba River. The view in the picture is in a northeasterly direction, looking towards Lancaster district.

lled and twelve wounded......May 29, 1780 Sir Henry Clinton and Admiral Arbuthnot, as peace commissioners, by proclamation offer the inhabitants, with a few exceptions, pardon and reinstatement in their rights......June 1, 1780 All paroles to prisoners not taken by capitulation and not in confinement at the surrender of Charleston are declared null and void after June 20, and holders required actively to aid military operations or be treated as rebels......June 3, 1780 Affair at Rocky Mount......July 30, 1780 Battle of Hanging Rock......Aug. 6, 1780 Battle of Camden; Americans under General Gates attack the British under Cornwallis and are repulsed......Aug. 16, 1780 Americans under Colonel Williams defeat the British at Musgrove's Mills on the Ennoree......Aug. 18, 1780 Sixty distinguished citizens of South Carolina are seized by the British and transported to St. Augustine as prisoners......Aug. 27, 1780 Battle of King's Mountain......Oct. 7, 1780 Col. Th