1780, A Time to Live Free or Die

It was their darkest hour . . . when the British captured Charleston, South Carolina and with it, the entire southern American Army. Patriots everywhere gave up, ready to accept defeat as the flame of liberty bent and flickered against the cold relentless winds of tyranny. Yet, there remained small bands of patriots-men and women-who would not quit. Without orders and without hope of reward, men like John Hamilton led eager volunteers throughout South Carolina bedeviling the enemy to keep a...