Front Description
Sacred to the Memory of James Birmingham Volunteer Long Cane Militia
Killed at this Site In the Battle of November 19-24, 1775
The First South Carolinian To Give His Life in the Cause of Freedom
Back Description
Monument to James Birmingham Marker
This stone honors James Birmingham, the first South Carolinian to lose his life for freedom during the Revolutionary War. Birmingham, a member of the Long Cane Militia, received his fatal wound from a Loyalist musket ball. He fought under the command of Major Andrew Williamson at Ninety Six in November 1775 in the first Revolutionary War land engagement in the South.
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