See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• WILLIAM MOULTRIE (1730-1805)

MOULTRIE (1730-1805)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• CHARLESTON

Charleston, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Carolina, on the 23rd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1730 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, a physician, and a See also:

• GRADUATE (Med. Lat. graduale, to admit to an academical degree, gradus)

graduate of the University of See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, migrated to Charleston before 1729 . The son was elected to the See also:

• COMMONS

Commons See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of the See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly in 1754, 1769 and 1772; and in 1760 he was See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of a provincial See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment in the expedition under See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

Governor See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William H . See also:

• LYTTELTON
• LYTTELTON, GEORGE LYTTELTON, 1ST BARON (17o9-1773)

Lyttelton against the Cherokees . Although he was connected by many ties to the See also:

• BRITISH

British, he espoused the American cause on the outbreak of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence, and was a member of the first provincial See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress (1775) of South Carolina, which in See also:

• JUNE

June made him a See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel of the Second South Carolina regiment; and he was a member of the second provincial congress (1775-1776) . On Fort See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson, on See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island in Charleston See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, he raised what is said to have been the first American See also:

• BATTLE

battle-See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag—See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue, with a See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• CRESCENT (Lat. crescens, growing)

crescent in the See also:

• DEXTER, HENRY MARTYN (1821—1890)
• DEXTER, TIMOTHY (1747—1806)

dexter corner, inscribed with the word " See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

Liberty "; the flag was devised by him in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1775 . In See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1776 he took command of a See also:

• PALMETTO

palmetto fort which he had built on See also:

• SULLIVAN, JOHN (1740–1795)
• SULLIVAN, SIR ARTHUR SEYMOUR (1842—1900)
• SULLIVAN, THOMAS BARRY (1824-1891)

Sullivan's Island, off Charleston, which he held against the attack of See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter See also:

• PARKER, JOHN HENRY (1806-1884)
• PARKER, JOSEPH (183o-1902)
• PARKER, MARTIN (c. 1600-c. 1656)
• PARKER, MATTHEW (1504-1575)
• PARKER, SAMUEL (164o-1688)
• PARKER, SIR GILBERT (1862— )
• PARKER, SIR HYDE, BART
• PARKER, THEODORE (1810-186o)

Parker on the 28th of June, and which soon after the battle was renamed Fort See also:

• MOULTRIE, WILLIAM (1730-1805)

Moultrie by the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General Assembly . He was thanked by Congress, was made a brigadier-general in the See also:

• CONTINENTAL

continental See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in September '1776, and was placed in command of the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia and South Carolina . He dislodged the British from See also:

• BEAUFORT
• BEAUFORT, FRANCOIS DE VENDOME
• BEAUFORT, HENRY (c. 1377–1447)
• BEAUFORT, LOUIS DE (d. 1795)

Beaufort, South Carolina, in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1779, and in See also:

• APRIL

April made it possible for the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Charleston to put itself into a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence by delaying the advance of General See also:

• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (354-430)
• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (d. c.613)

Augustine See also:

• PREVOST, ANTOINE FRANCOIS (1697–1763)
• PREVOST, CONSTANT (1787-1856)
• PREVOST, EUGENE MARCEL (1862- )
• PREVOST, PIERRE (1751-1839)

Prevost . He was one of those who advised against the surrender of Charleston, where he commanded the See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison until the arrival of General See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln . His imprisonment after the surrender of Charleston (May 178o) lasted until his See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange with others for General See also:

• BURGOYNE, JOHN (1722-1792)
• BURGOYNE, SIR JOHN FOX

Burgoyne in February 1782 . In See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1782 he was made a See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-general .

He was governor of South Carolina in 1785-1787 and in 1792-1794 . He died in Charleston on the 27th of September 1805 . He wrote See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of the Revolution so far as it Related to the States of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North and South Carolina (2 vols., 1802) .