Receiving An Ungracious Welcome To Becoming Lone Holdout In South Carolina’s Fight For Independence. - a podcast by Kirk Monroe

Learn how 20 Renegade Militiamen arrived by Horseback on July 25, 1780 into General Horatio Gates Camp only to be ridiculed for their dress appearance. Discover how a 48 Year Old Man standing 5 Feet 2 Inches Tall stood up to Horatio Gates and his men by putting them in their place. Understand why July 1780 marked a dangerous moment for Patriots in South. Learn just how ineffective of a leader Horatio Gates was and why he had little time for the Renegade Militiaman Force. Find out the assignment given to the militiamen which will spare them from death. Discover how Francis Marion and his followers engaged in a different method of warfare which Marion himself learned from French & Indian War Fighting Days. Understand the battle outcomes of 8/18-8/19 & how they drastically impacted South Carolinians Morale. Learn how one man’s holdout kept Flame Of Independence alive in South Carolina by reinventing new militaristic strategies.

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