GREENWOOD COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Ninety Six National Historic Site in Greenwood County hosted an event to commemorate one of the first land battles in the South during the American Revolution.

Later that evening, these Irish loyalists celebrated St. Patrick’s Day “with their accustomed Hilarity,” noted a local journalist. Lord Rawdon’s Volunteers of Ireland regiment led the way with a ...

A replica of Benjamin West's Reception of the American Loyalists by Great Britain in the Year 1783 appears in the background of this 1812 portrait of English judge John Eardley Wilmot. Public domain ...

List of maps -- Cast of characters -- Introduction: Spirit of 1783 -- Part I: Refugees. Civil war ; An unsettling peace ; A new world disorder -- Part II: Settlers. The heart of empire ; A world in ...

When the American Revolution ended in 1783, not everyone was celebrating independence. Thousands of colonists who had remained loyal to the British Crown suddenly found themselves on the losing side, ...

Delivering a politically charged toast in a public tavern these days can elicit groans, shunning and perhaps even a “You want to step outside?” challenge. In Savannah circa 1775, recrimination ...