- Born
- November 23, 1730
- Died
- September 27, 1805 (aged 74)
- Known as
- military officer, politician, Brigadegeneral, governor
William Moultrie was an American planter and politician who became a general in the American Revolutionary War. As colonel leading a state militia, in 1776 he prevented the British from taking Charleston, and Fort Moultrie was named in his honor.
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