ARP191 Alligator Bridge

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

Education, History

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🗓️ 7 March 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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General Robert Howe struggles his own subordinates Continental officers, State leaders, and militia, in addition to the enemy as he attempts to secure Georgia and fend off threats from British-held Florida. His command leads to a duel with South Carolina Lt. Gov. Christopher Gadsden. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: The King's Ranger: Thomas Brown and the American Revolution on the Southern Frontier, by Edward J. Cashin Online Recommendation of the Week: The Fourteenth Colony: Florida and the American Revolution in the South, University of Florida: unpublished doctoral dissertation, 2011, by Roger C. Smith: http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/UF/E0/04/27/45/00001/smith_r.pdf Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast. American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media Podcast. Hello and thank you for joining the American Revolution.
0:17.0	Today episode 191 the Battle of Alligator Bridge.
0:24.0	It's been a while since we checked in on the war in Florida.
0:28.0	I think the last time was episode 138 when I talked about the Battle of Thomas Creek and the dual between Button Gwinnett and Lachlan
0:36.5	Macintosh, which took place in May 1777.
0:41.9	Over the next year, neither side prioritized the Southern Theater.
0:46.4	All of the action was taking place further north in the Saratoga campaign and the Philadelphia
0:52.0	campaign. The Continental Commander in the South from
0:55.8	April of 1777 until September of 1778 was General Robert Howe, who I've said before is no relation to British General William Howe or Admiral Richard Howe.
1:08.0	Robert Howe came from a family that had lived in South Carolina for several generations.
1:14.0	Howl's great-grandfather was South Carolina Governor James Moore.
1:19.0	Other ancestors had served in South Carolina government as well.
1:24.0	How's father moved to North Carolina with his wife and was rather prosperous.
1:29.8	Robert was born in 1732 on the family plantation at Cape Fear, one of seven children.
1:37.8	Young Robert went to London for his education.
1:41.1	He returned and married the daughter of another wealthy planter.
1:44.4	Robert's position in a wealthy and powerful family
1:48.0	allowed him to assume leadership positions from a young age.
1:52.0	In his early 20s, Howe became a captain in the local militia. A few years later,
1:58.4	he took a seat as a justice of the peace and also served in the colonial assembly. By the 1770s Colonel
2:06.4	Howe was in his 40s commanded a regiment of militia and owned several large
2:11.4	plantations of his own.
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