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Charleston
British General Henry Clinton and his army of Redcoats reached the critical American port of Charleston, South Carolina.Clinton’s objective was to capture the city in order to cut off supplies, reinforcements and communications in America’s southern portion. On April 2, the Redcoats began the siege and won several localized skirmishes. General Charles Cornwallis succeeded in cutting off reinforcement routes to Charleston. On May 9,the British bombardment of Charleston began -
Savannah
In the summer of 1779, General Benjamin Lincoln put together a small force in an attempt to take Savannah back. Lincoln had procured the services of French Admiral Valerie D’Estaing and his naval force to block British reinforcements from the sea. Before long, the city of Savannah was completely surrounded. During the time it took to build the blockade, British forces at Savannah had time to fortify the city. On October 9th, Lincoln and D’Estaing bombarded the city. British General Augustine Pro -
Battle of Kings Mountain
An army of 1,600 Patriots engaged him at Kings Mountain. The Patriots devastated the British with guerilla style warfare, firing upon the Redcoats from behind rocks and trees, and retreating to the bottom of the mountain when the British regrouped. Toward the end of the battle, the Patriots killed General Ferguson. When the Redcoats saw their dead General, they gave up hope and surrendered. The British suffered over 900 total casualties. -
Battle of Cowpens
Despite that fact that the British had captured the entire state of Georgia, all was not lost for the Patriots in defending against England’s Southern Campaign. In an attempt to subdue what was left of the Patriot resistance in the southern colonies, British General Banestre Tarelton and 1,100 troops recklessly attacked Daniel Morgan and his force of 1,000 militia near some cow pens and grazing areas in northern South Carolina. -
Guilford Courthouse
Guilford Courthouse, in the backwoods of rural North Carolina was the site of the most important battles in the southern campaign of the Revolutionary War.General Nathaniel Greene, and 4,400 Continentals and crude militia men battled the Redcoats under the command of General Charles Cornwallis. Although Greene’s men inflicted heavy casualties on the Redcoats, General Cornwallis authorized the firing of two cannon shots into the mass of fighting soldiers. Despite killing several of his own men,
