James Birmingham

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

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Erected by

The American Legion

Star Fort Post 103

Ninety Six, South Carolina

November 19, 1975

Marker can be reached from ...

Monument to James Birmingham

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 ...