Revolutionary War Soldiers Database

A record of NC & SC soldiers who served in the cause of American Independence, 1775–1783

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SC

James Postell

Colonel  ·  Kershaw Regiment

SC

Colonel

Kershaw Regiment

1780 – 1783

📜 Notes
1779, a Major under Col. Joseph Kershaw. Brigade Major under Gen. Lachlan McIntosh. Lt. Col. under Col. Joseph Kershaw. POW at the Fall of Charleston. Exchanged June 1780. With Lt. Col. John Marshall, he immediately began assembling the new Kershaw Regiment within the Camden District.
⚔ Battles & Engagements
Halfway Swamp #1, Georgetown #6, Manigault's Ferry #1, Wiboo Swamp, Witherspoon's Ferry, Fort Watson #2, Fort Motte, Quinby's Bridge, Shubrick's Plantation, Eutaw Springs