SC, USA
Cherokee Trade Path Corridor
Trail
The historic overland route connecting Charleston to the Cherokee settlements in the mountains, running through Ninety Six. Control of this corridor made Ninety Six strategically significant to both British and Patriot forces; it was both a supply route and the axis along which backcountry militia moved to and from the fighting.
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Address
Ninety Six area, SC
Connected Events
Nov 1775
Jul 1780
Aug 1780
Oct 1780
Battle of Kings Mountain
Major Patrick Ferguson
May 1781
Greene Begins Siege of Ninety Six
Lieutenant Colonel John Harris Cruger, Major General Nathanael Greene, Thaddeus Kosciuszko
Jun 1781
Final American Assault on Star Fort
Lord Francis Rawdon, Lieutenant Colonel John Harris Cruger, Major General Nathanael Greene
Jun 1781
Rawdon Relieves Ninety Six
Major General Nathanael Greene, Lord Francis Rawdon
Jul 1781
British Abandon Ninety Six
Lord Francis Rawdon