In the shadow of Lexington and Concord, away from Boston’s protests and the assembled New England militiamen, the American Revolution initially took hold in the Southern backcountry at Savage’s Old Fields. Situated near the township of Ninety-Six, South Carolina, this site witnessed a brief yet pivotal siege that underscored the fragile nature of political restraint in a divided colony and foreshadowed the brutal civil conflict that would soon engulf the region.
