Parker has located more than 530 documented sites, from major battlefields protected as National Parks to little-known skirmish, ambush and partisan murder sites. The exhaustive research and tying the events to geography will inspire all to recognize, visit and understand the depth of the struggle in South Carolina for our Independence. This guide describes the wheres, the whats and the whens of the known actions in South Carolina. When visiting these sights, you begin to understand the enormous challenges of geography that the soldiers on both sides faces; a land of primitive roads, few bridges, vast distances, poor maps, hostile natives, highwaymen, and one-in four people your sworn enemy.

"With chronological order of actions"--Cover. "Over 500 sites with maps, directions, photos and action accounts"--Cover.

Introduction -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chronological order of actions with page number -- Abbeville County -- Aiken County -- Allendale County -- Barnwell County -- Beaufort County -- Berkeley County -- Calhoun County -- Charleston County the Neck -- Charleston County South -- Charleston County North -- Cherokee County -- Chester County -- Chesterfield County -- Clarendon County -- Colleton County -- Darlington County -- Dillon County -- Dorchester County -- Edgefield County -- Fairfield County -- Florence County -- Georgetown County -- Greenville County -- Greenwood County -- Hampton County -- Horry County -- Jasper County -- Kershaw County -- Lancaster County -- Laurens County -- Lee County -- Lexington County -- Marion County -- Marlboro County -- McCormick County -- Newberry County -- Oconee County -- Orangeburg County -- Pickens County -- Saluda County -- Spartanburg County -- Sumter County -- Union County -- Williamsburg County -- York County -- Appendix 1: Overview of the Revolutionary War -- Appendix 2: Ship types -- Appendix 3: Firearms of the Revolution and the men that used them -- Appendix 4: Major campaigns in order of actions -- Appendix 5: The price of freedom.