Author Lecture: Scott Gabrielson on The Intrepid Patriot
The Horry County Museum presents a lecture by Scott Gabrielson on his book, The Intrepid Patriot-Captain Jacob Milligan of the South Carolina Navy, on Saturday, February 17 at 1 p.m. The Intrepid Patriot features the perspective of Captain Jacob Milligan of the South Carolina Navy during the American Revolution. Milligan served alongside Francis Marion, William Moultrie, and Charles Lee in the battles of Sullivan’s Island and the capture of Charles Town in 1780. He was one of the founding officers of the South Carolina Navy, established in 1776 before the Continental Navy, to defend South Carolina’s coastal cities and trade routes. Milligan went on to become the Harbor Master of Charleston, and took the first US Census of the city in 1790.