A reader sent in a photo of this cute little white building somewhere in South Carolina that has a particularly interesting significance. What and where is it? Send your name, hometown and guess to: feedback@statehousereport.com.
Last week’s mystery, “More than an old field,” showed today’s look at the place where patriots fought the British during the Battle of Eutaw Springs, a key battle at the end of the Revolutionary War.
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas, reminds us that the battle was the last in South Carolina during the war. “The battle was lead by Major General Nathanael Greene (1742 – 1786) of the American Patriots that attacked the British force, under the command of Colonel Alexander Stewart (1739 – 1794) on September 8, 1781, after Greene’s unsuccessful attempt at seizing Star Fort at Ninety-Six.”
David Lupo of Mount Pleasant added, “The Americans prevailed initially, but the British were able to regroup under Major Majoribank, who was wounded in the battle and later died. When the creation of Lake Marion flooded the site of his tomb, the tomb was moved to the Eutaw Springs Battlefield, where it remains today.”
Others correctly identifying the photo were: George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Bill Segars of Hartsville; Pat Keadle of Perry; Elizabeth Jones and Jay Altman, both of Columbia; and Frank Bouknight of Summerville.
- Send us a mystery picture. If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: feedback@statehousereport.com and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
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