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Camp Hill, Glenn Springs, South Carolina

Coordinates: 34°47′22″N 81°48′59″W / 34.78944°N 81.81639°W / 34.78944; -81.81639
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Camp Hill
Camp Hill, February 2012
Camp Hill, Glenn Springs, South Carolina is located in South Carolina
Camp Hill, Glenn Springs, South Carolina
Camp Hill, Glenn Springs, South Carolina is located in the United States
Camp Hill, Glenn Springs, South Carolina
LocationSouth of Glenn Springs on South Carolina Highway 215, near Glenn Springs, South Carolina
Coordinates34°47′22″N 81°48′59″W / 34.78944°N 81.81639°W / 34.78944; -81.81639
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built1835
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.70000600[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 6, 1970

Camp Hill, near Spartanburg, South Carolina, is the site of a plantation house built by Dr. John Winsmith in 1835.[2][3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[1]

It had originally been the camp site of British Major Patrick Ferguson prior to the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 17, 1780. [citation needed] This was an important Patriot victory in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War. Frontier militia overwhelmed the Loyalist militia led by Major Ferguson. In The Winning of the West, Theodore Roosevelt wrote of Kings Mountain, "This brilliant victory marked the turning point of the American Revolution."[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Fant, Mrs. James W. (May 16, 1970). "Camp Hill" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Camp Hill, Spartanburg County (S.C. Hwy. 215, Glenn Springs vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 August 2012.