Michael C. Scoggins

Michael C. Scoggins is the historian for the Culture & Heritage Museums (CHM) and is research director of the Southern Revolutionary War Institute (SRWI) in York, South Carolina. Michael has an Associate Degree in Science from the University of South Carolina at Union, an Associate Degree in Engineering Technology from York Technical College, and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Winthrop University. He was employed as an electronics engineer for almost twenty years before changing careers in 1999 to pursue his life-long interest in military history and Southern history. He is the author of "The Great Awakening and Southern Backcountry Revolutionaries" (Springer, 2014, with Rick Chacon); "The Scotch-Irish Influence of Country Music in the Carolinas: Border Ballads, Fiddle Tunes and Sacred Songs" (History Press, 2013); "Cavalry of the American Revolution" (Westholme, 2012, contributor); "Historic York County: An Illustrated History" (Historic Publishing Network, 2009); "The Day It Rained Militia: Huck’s Defeat and the Revolution in the South Carolina Backcountry, May-July 1780" (History Press, 2005); "Relentless Fury: The Revolutionary War in the Southern Piedmont" (CHM, 2006); and "A Brief History of Historic Brattonsville" (CHM, 2003). Scoggins also edited the republication of Benson Lossing’s 1889 classic, "Reflections of Rebellion: Hours with the Living Men and Women of the Revolution" (History Press, 2005), and co-wrote (with Dr. Bobby G. Moss) the highly acclaimed "African-American Patriots in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution" (Scotia-Hibernia Press, 2004) and "African-American Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution" (Scotia-Hibernia Press, 2005). He has contributed articles to numerous historical publications and journals, including "Patriots of the American Revolution;" "War, Literature and the Arts;" "Military Collector and Historian;" "The South Carolina Encyclopedia;" "Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution;" "Carologue;" "American Revolution Magazine;" and "York County Magazine." Scoggins served as editor of the "York County Genealogical and Historical Society Quarterly" for seven years; as president of the Confederation of South Carolina Local Historical Societies for two years; and currently serves as an officer in the Scotch-Irish Society of the USA and the Sons of Confederate Veterans. He is a frequent lecturer on topics of local and regional history and resides near McConnells, South Carolina.