Battle At Charleston has a wealth of historical information and photos about Revolutionary War and Civil War battles that took place in Charleston, South Carolina. The best battle maps seen anywhere!
near present day Lincolnton, North Carolina. So too, Major Walsh spread the news of Charleston’s fall and the proposed gathering at Ramsour’s Mill. By the 13th, over 200 loyalists had assembled with more arriving each day. By the 18th, 1,100 men were at the mill ...
occupying the seaports of New York, Charles Town and Savannah,” according to Taylor. But the demoralizing loss at Yorktown diminished the British will to continue to fight the rebels. On September 3, 1783, the Revolutionary War came to an official end with the signing of theTreaty of ...
When, in September 1775, the Council of Safety in Charleston, after raising troops in support of the American Congress and arming a ship of war, seized Fort Johnson at the entrance to Charleston Harbour, Lord Campbell embarked on the Royal Navy sloop Tamar. The Royal Governor of North Carolin...
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September 8, 1781 and the Battle of Eutaw Springs destroyed any hope England had of reclaiming the southern colonies. But sixteen months earlier, that was nowhere near the case. American General Benjamin Lincoln had just surrendered the southern army at Charleston to British G...
War:French Revolutionary War Date of the Battle of Alexandria:8thto 21stMarch 1801 Place of the Battle of Alexandria:Alexandria on the Egyptian Mediterranean Coast Combatants at the Battle of Alexandria:British against the French. Commanders at the Battle of Alexandria:Lieutenant General Sir Ralph Ab...
Siege of Charleston March 29 – May 12 1780. Artwork by Alonzo Chappel. To sweeten the deal, Clinton captured the largest military force of the war, almost the entire American southern army under the indecisive Major General Benjamin Lincoln; a pleasant man better suited as...
Fort Sumter is an island fortification located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, and is most famous for being the site of the first battle of the Civil War.
The Battle of Kings Mountain was a major defeat for the British Lt. Col. Patrick Ferguson during the Revolutionary War, and his last.