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 A REVOLUTIONARY DAY ALONG
HISTORIC US ROUTE 221

A REVOLUTIONARY WAR ROAD TRIP

TRIP LOG


Introduction: A Revolutionary Day that traces the end of the Revolutionary War across Virginia.

Early Morning -- Mile Mark 0.0

Chesnee, SC: A site on the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail.

Cowpens National Battlefield: The site of a major victory by American troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan over a British force commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton.

Mid Morning — Mile Mark 6.1

Gaffney: The final resting place of Colonel James Williams, whose South Carolina militia joined the Overmountain Men on their way to Kings Mountain.

Kings Mountain National Military Park: The site of another major American Victory by the combined forces of the Overmountain men and South Carolina militia over Loyalist forces under Patrick Ferguson.

Late Morning — Mile Mark 37.3

York: A crossroad during the Revolutionary War..

Early Afternoon — Mile Mark 54.8

Historic Brattonsville: A living history museum interpreting life in the Backcountry and the site of the Battle of Williamson’s Plantation.

Mid Afternoon — Mile Mark 65.3

Blackstock Battlefield: The site where General Thomas Sumter’s Patriots repulsed Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton’s British forces.

Musgrove Mill: A battle site where Captain Shadrick Inman and his Patriots broke-up a British campsite.

Late Afternoon — Mile Mark 126.0

Ninety Six National Historic Site: The site of an important British outpost that was abandoned after America’s longest siege of the Revolutionary War.

Early Evening — Mile Mark 212.1

Elijah Clark State Park: The site of the Elijah Clark Museum and final resting place of Georgia’s Patriot hero.

Augusta, Georgia: The Revolutionary War capital of Georgia that changed hands several times during the war.

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