William Moultrie

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William Moultrie

Grave of William Moultrie.

William Moultrie (pronounced /ˈmuːltriː/), (November 23, 1730 – September 27, 1805) was a general from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War.

He was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He fought in the Anglo-Cherokee War (1761) and served in the colonial assembly before the advent of the American Revolution.

In 1775 he was commissioned colonel of the 2nd South Carolina Regiment. In December of that year he led a raid on an encampment of runaway slaves on Sullivan's Island, killing 50 and capturing the rest.

In 1776 his defense of a small fort on Sullivan's Island (later named Fort Moultrie in his honor) prevented Sir Henry Clinton and Sir Peter Parker from taking Charleston, South Carolina. The Continental Congress passed a resolution thanking Moultrie. He was promoted to brigadier general and his regiment was taken into the Continental Army.

Moultrie's skill failed to prevent the fall of Savannah, Georgia to the British in 1778. He was captured in the fall of Charleston to the British in 1780 and later exchanged. He was promoted to major general in 1782, the last person appointed to that rank by Congress.

After the war he served as governor of South Carolina (1785–87, 1795–97). He wrote Memoirs of the Revolution as far as it Related to the States of North and South Carolina (1802).

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Ward, Harry M. "Moultrie, William". American National Biography Online, February 2000.

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Preceded by Richard Beresford	Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina 1784 – 1785	Succeeded by Charles Drayton
Preceded by Benjamin Guerard	Governor of South Carolina 1785 – 1787	Succeeded by Thomas Pinckney
Preceded by Charles Pinckney	Governor of South Carolina 1792 – 1794	Succeeded by Arnoldus Vanderhorst

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