Fires of Freedom Publishing proudly announces the release of “Fire, Brimstone and Blood,” a new historical novel by local author Clay Ramsay. The book explores a pivotal yet often overlooked chapter of the American Revolutionary War: the brutal Southern Campaign in South Carolina.
While many of the war’s most famous battles were fought in the North, after four years of conflict the British had failed to subdue the rebellion there. In response, they launched a new strategy — holding their positions in the North while opening a Southern Campaign aimed at dividing and crippling the Patriot cause.
In South Carolina, under General Lord Cornwallis, the British seized major cities and ports and decimated organized Continental Army resistance. But in the state’s backcountry, they faced a different kind of war. Local volunteer militias — farmers and woodsmen, unpaid and untrained but fiercely determined — rose up to fight at a moment’s notice. Their efforts would change the course of the war in just a few months.
“Fire, Brimstone and Blood” tells their story through the voices of private militiamen, their wives and local commanders, bringing to life the courage and resilience of ordinary people whose sacrifices altered the nation’s history.
About Fires of Freedom Publishing
Fires of Freedom Publishing, LLC is the publishing home of author Clay Ramsay. Clay Ramsay graduated with honors and distinction from Washington and Lee University, earning degrees in English and classics. He was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and later earned his MA in English at the University of Virginia.
Now enjoying semi-tranquil retirement on a farm with his wife, Mary, along with their dogs and horses, Ramsay draws inspiration from his lifelong passion for American history and the revolutionary ideals of the Founding Fathers. Encouraged for decades by his mother to write a book, he finally answered the call — crossing one off the bucket list with “Fire, Brimstone and Blood.”
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