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William Moultrie
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William Moultrie (pronounced IPA: [ˈmuːltriː]), (November 23, 1730 – September 27, 1805) was an American Revolutionary general.
He was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He had fought against the Native Americans (1761) and served in the colonial assembly before the advent of the American Revolution. In the war his gallant defense of a small fort on Sullivan's Island (later named Fort Moultrie) prevented (1776) Sir Henry Clinton and Sir Peter Parker from taking Charleston, South Carolina. Even Moultrie's skill failed to prevent the fall of Savannah, Georgia to the British in 1778. He was captured in the fall of Charleston to the British in 1780. After the war he served as governor of South Carolina (1785—87, 1795—97). He wrote Memoirs of the Revolution as Far as It Related to the States of North and South Carolina (1802).
- Statehouse Biography of William Moultrie
- SCIway Biography of William Moultrie
- NGA Biography of William Moultrie
| Preceded by Richard Beresford |
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina 1784 – 1785 |
Succeeded by Charles Drayton |
| Preceded by Benjamin Guerard |
Governor of South Carolina 1785 – 1787 |
Succeeded by Thomas Pinckney |
| Preceded by Charles Pinckney |
Governor of South Carolina 1792 – 1794 |
Succeeded by Arnoldus Vanderhorst |
| Governors of South Carolina |  |
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| J. Rutledge • Lowndes • J. Rutledge • Mathews • Guerard • Moultrie • T. Pinckney • C. Pinckney • Moultrie • Vanderhorst • C. Pinckney • E. Rutledge • Drayton • J. Richardson • P. Hamilton • C. Pinckney • Drayton • Middleton • Alston • D. Williams • A. Pickens • Geddes • Bennett • Wilson • Manning I • Taylor • Miller • J. Hamilton • Hayne • McDuffie • Butler • Noble • Henagan • Richardson II • Hammond • Aiken • Johnson • Seabrook • Means • J. Manning • Adams • Allston • Gist • F. Pickens • Bonham • Magrath • Perry • Orr • Scott • Moses • Chamberlain • Hampton • Simpson • Jeter • Hagood • Thompson • Sheppard • Richardson III • Tillman • Evans • Ellerbe • McSweeney • Heyward • Ansel • Blease • Smith • Manning III • Cooper • Harvey • McLeod • Richards • Blackwood • Johnston • Maybank • Harley • Jefferies • Johnston • R. Williams • Thurmond • Byrnes • Timmerman • Hollings • Russell • McNair • West • Edwards • Riley • Campbell • Beasley • Hodges • Sanford |
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