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William Moultrie was born either in late November or early December 1730, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
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William Moultrie was born either in late November or early December 1730, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
Elected to the South Carolina House of Commons in 1751, he was recognized as an expert in military affairs and served as a captain in the successful war against the Cherokee in 1761. Moultrie, a prosperous plantation owner, was a member of the first South Carolina Provincial Congress in 1775 and was named colonel of a Colonial regiment in that year. He procured arms for the revolutionary forces by seizing public arsenals in the Charleston area and directed the construction of defenses around the city, including the fort on Sullivan's Island that commanded one entrance to the harbor. Moultrie, with a small group of men, defended the fort against a large-scale British invasion in 1776 and saved Charleston from the enemy. The fort was named Moultrie in his honor and he became a brigadier general in the Continental Army. He commanded American soldiers in North Carolina, again sat in the Provincial Congress at Charleston, and once more directed a successful defense of Charleston in the face of a British attack in 1779. A third enemy attempt to capture the city succeeded in 1780 after a six-week siege, Moultrie finally surrendering when famine threatened the city. He was a prisoner for two years, turned down British requests that he desert to them, and was exchanged in 1782. Raised to major general, he remained in that rank until the end of the war and was present when British troops evacuated Charleston in December 1782. Moultrie was governor of the state of South Carolina from 1785 to 1787 and again from 1792 to 1794. As governor, Moultrie helped lay out the city of Columbia. In 1802 he finished his book, Memoirs of the Revolution.
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