Gadsden, Christopher (1724-1805)
American patriot, was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He was a member of the first Continental Congress, 1774; became brigadier general during the Revolution; and was lieutenant governor of South Carolina at the time of the surrender of Charleston to Sir Henry Clinton in 1780.
~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1816.
You can visit the memorial page for Christopher Gadsden.
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