Question

What was the significance of Sumter’s Brigade during the summer of 1780?
A. It was the only army that defended the southern backcountry during that period.
B. Sumter used the brigade’s tactics to devise the Post War strategy to defeat the British.
C. It successfully stopped the British invasion of Charleston.
D. It successfully ended the British Southern Strategy.

Answer 1

A. Sumter’s brigade was the only force effectively defending the southern backcountry in the summer of 1780, harassing British foraging and communications after the fall of Charleston.