Month: May 2023
His Grandpa was his uncle, and also his father-in-law. His dad was his brother-in-law. His children were their own first cousins, once removed, and their mother was their aunt. Shew, my head hurts. Many of us remember the old song “I’m My Own Grandpa”, where a jumbled mess of family relationships gets overwhelmingly confusing. We’ve…
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She’s been called “The Molly Pitcher of the South”, and she’s a Revolutionary War Hero, but hardly anyone has heard of her. She braved the bullets to bring water to the Patriots, that were her family members and her neighbors, and her efforts were critical for the American victory in a battle that crushed the…
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The civilian that won the Revolutionary War! What? A civilian? Your probably asking, why have I never heard of this, and has this guy totally lost his mind? Actually, I haven’t lost my mind, and I’m going to share a story with you that hardly anyone has heard of, and I’m going to make my…
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They say this young rebel mom attacked him, and the words that they use are “beat the Yankee soldiers brains out”! Imagine the scene! To be honest, I’m not totally sure which genre this story falls under, humor, history, or horror. It’s also a mystery because years later a human skeleton was found in the…
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The Battle at the Cowpens…The final blow to the British Army in South Carolina. It was here where American Brigadier General Daniel Morgan and his Continental soldiers along with local patriot militias defeated British Colonel Banastre Tarleton’s legions and effectively destroyed the British Army’s strategy to win in South Carolina. Colonel Tarleton’s fast-moving legion had…
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