About this episode
At the beginning of 1782, both South Carolina and Georgia reestablish their state legislatures, primarily focused on the loyalists still in their states. General Sumter retires. John Laurens replaces Light Horse Harry Lee as the Continental Army's head of cavalry in South Carolina. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Voices of the American Revolution in the Carolinas , by Ed Southern ( borrow on archive.org ). Online Recommendation of the Week: History of Elections in the American Colonies , by Cortland Bishop: https://archive.org/details/historyelection00bishgoog Join American Revolution Podcast on Reddit : https://www.reddit.com/r/AmRevPodcast Ask your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora : https://amrevpod.quora.com Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the podcast mail list : https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcast Support this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AmRevPodcast or via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices