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Siege of Charleston

This article is about the siege during the American Revolutionary War. For the 1776 British attempt to capture Charleston, see Battle of Sullivan's Island. For the American Civil War Sieges, see Battle of Charleston (disambiguation).
Siege of Charleston
Part of the American Revolutionary War

An illustration of the siege by Alonzo Chappel
DateMarch 29 – May 12, 1780
(1 month, 1 week and 6 days)
Location
Charles Town, South Carolina, U.S.
32°47′39″N 79°56′31″W / 32.79417°N 79.94194°W / 32.79417; -79.94194
Result British victory
Belligerents
Commanders and leaders
Strength
  • 12,847 regulars and militia
  • 4,500 sailors
  • 6 ships of the line
  • 8 frigates
  • 4 armed galleys
  • 90 transports[1]
  • 6,577 regulars, sailors and militia
  • 3 frigates
  • 5 sloops
  • 1 schooner
  • 1 brig
  • 3 armed galleys[1]
Casualties and losses
  • Land:
    • 76 killed
    • 89 wounded[2]: 70 
  • Sea:
    • 23 killed
    • 28 wounded[3]

The siege of Charleston was a major engagement and major British victory in the American Revolutionary War, fought in the environs of Charles Town (today Charleston), the capital of South Carolina, between March 29 and May 12, 1780. The British, following the collapse of their northern strategy in late 1777 and their withdrawal from Philadelphia in 1778, shifted their focus to the North American Southern Colonies. After approximately six weeks of siege, Major General Benjamin Lincoln, commanding the Charleston garrison, surrendered his forces to the British. It was one of the worst American defeats of the war.

  1. ^ a b "The American Revolution in South Carolina – The Siege of Charlestown". Carolana.com. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference John was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Clodfelter, Micheal (2017). Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492–2015, 4th Ed. Jefferson, North Carolina: Mcfarland & Company. p. 129. ISBN 978-0786474707.
  4. ^ Greene, Francis Vinton (2008) [1911 (digitized 2008)]. The Revolutionary War and the Military Policy of the United States. Vol. 1. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. p. 210. ISBN 978-0722280089.
  5. ^ Morrill, Dan L (1993). Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution. Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company. p. 73. ISBN 978-1877853210.


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