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).

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• 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

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