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"Colonel William “Danger” Thomson"

Original Oil 18" x 24" -price upon request

available as a Limited Edition (50) Canvas Giclee Prints, signed & numbered 12"x15" for $230

Leading his unit, the 3rd SC Regiment, Thomson was given the task to command all of the combined forces on the North tip of Sullivans Island in June of 1776. It was here that the 780 men and two artillery pieces successfully defended the Breach Inlet, in turn defending Fort Moultrie from assault by British infantry units on the unfinished landward side of the walls.

This artwork was created for use by www.Thomsonpark.org to commemorate and educate about the events that led to the Battle of Sullivan's Island in Charlestown, SC