Thicketty Fort (Fort Anderson), South Carolina

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Thicketty Fort (Fort Anderson), South Carolina

THICKETTY FORT (FORT ANDERSON), SOUTH CAROLINA. 30 July 1780. In one of the actions that preceded the Battle of Kings Mountain, Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Shelby led six hundred men against the Loyalist post at Thicketty Fort, on the headwaters of the Pacolet, ten miles southeast of Cowpens, and without firing a shot persuaded the garrison to surrender.

SEE ALSO Kings Mountain, South Carolina.

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