18th Century Material Culture

Colonies to States
South Carolina

View of Charleston, South Carolina

by Thomas Leitch c. 1774
(MESDA)

A View of CHARLES - TOWN, the Capital of SOUTH CAROLINA

After Thomas Leitch 1776
(The British Library)

Government

Representative to the Continental Congress & Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Edward Rutledge
Youngest Signer of the Declaration of Independence
Unknown Artist
(Private Collection)

Representative to the Continental Congress & Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Hayward, Jr.
Unknown Artist
(Private Collection)

Representative to the Continental Congress & Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Arthur Middleton & Family
by Benjamin West 1771
(Middleton Place)

Representative to the Continental Congress & Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Arthur Middleton & Family
by Benjamin West 1771
(Middleton Place)

Henry Laurens - 5th President of the Continental Congress: November 1, 1777 - December 9, 1778
by John Singleton Copley 1782
(National Portrait Gallery)

Henry Laurens - 5th President of the Continental Congress: November 1, 1777 - December 9, 1778
by John Singleton Copley 1782
(National Portrait Gallery)

Henry Laurens - 5th President of the Continental Congress: November 1, 1777 - December 9, 1778
by Lemuel Francis Abbott c. 1781 / 1784
(Senate.Gov)

Henry Laurens - 5th President of the Continental Congress: November 1, 1777 - December 9, 1778
by John Norman in the Boston Magazine 1784
(Library of Congress)

William Henry DraytonChief Justice of South Carolina, Continental Congressman, and signer of the Articles of Confederation
byPierre Eugne Du Simitire c. 1765
(Library of Congress)

Drayton Hall, South Carolina

byPierre Eugne Du Simitire 1765
(Drayton Hall)

Armed Forces

Lieutenant John Blake of the 2nd South Carolina Regiment

by Henry Benbridge c. 1775
(Gibbes Museum of Art)

Captain Benjamin Cattell of the 1st South Carolina Regiment

c. 1779
(Private Collection - Frick Art Reference Library)

Barnard Elliot of the 4th South Carolina Regiment

c. 1775
(Gibbes Museum of Art)

Likely Captain John Halreston, 2nd Lieutenant South Carolina Regiment & Colonel of South Carolina Militia in 1777 - 1778
by Charles Wilson Peale
(Art Institute of Chicago)

Likely Captain John Halreston, 2nd Lieutenant South Carolina Regiment & Colonel of South Carolina Militia in 1777 - 1778
by Charles Wilson Peale
(Art Institute of Chicago)

Likely Captain John Halreston

Colonel of South Carolina Militia in 1777 - 1778
(Private Collection)

Major Benjamin Huger of the 5th South Carolina Regiment, Killed by Friendly Fire near Charleston
by Henry Benbridge c. 1779
(Winterthur)

Major Benjamin Huger of the 5th South Carolina Regiment, Killed by Friendly Fire near Charleston
by Henry Benbridge c. 1779
(Winterthur)

Colonel John Laurens

Aide - de - Camp for General George Washington 1777
DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI
It is a Sweet and Honorable Thing to Die for Ones Country
by Charles Willson Peale c. 1780
(National Park Service)

Colonel John Laurens: Aide - de - Camp for General George Washington 1777
by Charles Wilson Peale 1780
(National Portrait Gallery / Smithsonian)

Major General William Moultrie

by Charles Wilson Peale 1782
(National Portrait Gallery)

Major General William Moultrie

by Charles Wilson Peale 1782
(National Portrait Gallery)

Major General William Moultrie - Detail Fort Moultrie

by Charles Wilson Peale 1782
(National Portrait Gallery)

Major General William Moultrie

by Rembrandt Peale
(Private Collection)

Captain Charles Cotesworth C.C. Pinckney of the 1st South Carolina Regiment. Grenadier Company
by Henry Benbridge
(National Portrait Gallery / Smithsonian)

Captain Charles Cotesworth C.C. Pinckney of the 1st South Carolina Regiment. Grenadier Company
by Henry Benbridge
(National Portrait Gallery / Smithsonian)

Captain Charles Cotesworth C.C. Pinckney of the 1st South Carolina Regiment. Grenadier Company
by Henry Benbridge
(National Portrait Gallery / Smithsonian)

Captain Charles Cotesworth C.C. Pinckney of the 1st South Carolina Regiment. Grenadier Company
by Henry Benbridge
(National Portrait Gallery / Smithsonian)

Captain Charles Cotesworth C.C. Pinckney of the 1st South Carolina Regiment. Grenadier Company
by Henry Benbridge
(National Portrait Gallery / Smithsonian)

Colonel John Purves and His Wife, Eliza Ann Pritchard

by Henry Benbridge c. 1775 - 1777
(Winterthur)

Colonel John Purves and His Wife, Eliza Ann Pritchard

by Henry Benbridge c. 1775 - 1777
(Winterthur)

Captain Henry Sheapheard of the German Fusiliers of South Carolina

by Henry Benbridge
(Cincinnati Art Museum )

Capt. Jacob Shubrick of the 2nd South Carolina Continental Regiment.

by Henry Benbridge c. 1777
(The Society of the Cincinnati - Anderson House Museum, Philadelphia)

Capt. Jacob Shubrick of the 2nd South Carolina Continental Regiment.

by Henry Benbridge c. 1777
(The Society of the Cincinnati - Anderson House Museum, Philadelphia)

Unknown Officer of a South Carolina Regiment

by Henry Benbridge c. 1775
(Private Collection)

Silk Jacket worn by General Thomas Pinchney, 3rd Continental Light Dragoons
Altered from a Double Breasted Silk Coat with Repositioned and Altered Pockets c. 1776
(Charleston Museum)

Silk Jacket worn by General Thomas Pinchney, 3rd Continental Light Dragoons
Altered from a Double Breasted Silk Coat with Repositioned and Altered Pockets c. 1776
(Charleston Museum)

Silk Jacket worn by General Thomas Pinchney, 3rd Continental Light Dragoons
Altered from a Double Breasted Silk Coat with Repositioned and Altered Pockets c. 1776
(Charleston Museum)

Silk Jacket worn by General Thomas Pinchney, 3rd Continental Light Dragoons
Altered from a Double Breasted Silk Coat with Repositioned and Altered Pockets c. 1776
(Charleston Museum)

Silk Jacket worn by General Thomas Pinchney, 3rd Continental Light Dragoons
Altered from a Double Breasted Silk Coat with Repositioned and Altered Pockets c. 1776
(Charleston Museum)

Silk Jacket worn by General Thomas Pinchney, 3rd Continental Light Dragoons
Altered from a Double Breasted Silk Coat with Repositioned and Altered Pockets c. 1776
(Charleston Museum)

Silk Jacket worn by General Thomas Pinchney, 3rd Continental Light Dragoons
Altered from a Double Breasted Silk Coat with Repositioned and Altered Pockets c. 1776
(Charleston Museum)

Silk Jacket worn by General Thomas Pinchney, 3rd Continental Light Dragoons
Altered from a Double Breasted Silk Coat with Repositioned and Altered Pockets c. 1776
(Charleston Museum)

Silk Jacket worn by General Thomas Pinchney, 3rd Continental Light Dragoons
Altered from a Double Breasted Silk Coat with Repositioned and Altered Pockets c. 1776
(Charleston Museum)

Button of the 2nd South Carolina Regiment

(Don Troiani)

Map of the Siege of Charleston

1780
(Library of Congress)

Plan of Fort Sullivan

Battle of Camden, South Carolina

Loyalty Oath
June 4, 1778
(University of South Carolina - Library Services)

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