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Fort Motte (Fort Motte Station) was developed first as Mt. Joseph Plantation; it was commandeered in 1780 by the British and fortified as a temporary military outpost in what is now South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War.
Learn how the British garrisoned a plantation house as a supply depot during the American Revolution and how the Americans burned it down in 1781. Read about the historical background, the siege operations, and the controversial end of the battle.
The siege of Fort Motte was a military operation during the American Revolutionary War. A force of Patriots led by General Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion and Lt. Colonel "Light Horse" Harry Lee set out to capture the British post at Fort Motte , the informal name of a plantation mansion fortified by the British for use as a depot because ...
Built in 1767, Fort Motte was actually a country farm and the center of Mount Joseph Plantation, the Motte family’s up-country estate. Located near the junction of the Congaree and Wateree Rivers, the plantation was a strategic point on the British supply route between Camden and Charleston.
May 17, 2016 · Fort Motte was a plantation house turned into a British fort during the Revolutionary War. Learn how it was captured by Francis Marion and Henry Lee after a fire was set by the Americans.
Fort Motte was the principal depot on the British line of communications between Charleston and the interior of South Carolina. It was located at the point where the Wateree River and the Congaree River merged to form the Santee River. The actual "fort" was the large mansion of Mrs. Rebecca B. Motte.
Learn about the 1781 siege of Fort Motte, a British outpost in South Carolina, and the artifacts excavated from the site. This traveling exhibition from the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum features 13 panels and 14 reproduction objects.
