Item #176 THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON; by the British Fleet and Army under the Command of Admiral Arbuthnot and Sir Henry Clinton, Which Terminated with the Surrender of That Place on the 12th of May, 1780. Franklin B. Hough, ed.
THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON; by the British Fleet and Army under the Command of Admiral Arbuthnot and Sir Henry Clinton, Which Terminated with the Surrender of That Place on the 12th of May, 1780

THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON; by the British Fleet and Army under the Command of Admiral Arbuthnot and Sir Henry Clinton, Which Terminated with the Surrender of That Place on the 12th of May, 1780

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Orig. pub. Albany NY, 1867. Reprinted 1975. Print on Demand Edition 2020. (iv), 224 pp. + illus. Item #176
ISBN: 9780871521927

The surrender of Charleston to the British on May 12, 1780, in which General Lincoln and some 2500 Continental soldiers were taken prisoner, and large amounts of cannon, small arms, and ammunition captured, was the greatest British victory and the worse American disaster of the American Revolution. A prolific 19th century editory and compiler, Franklin Hough's collection of primary sources for this military engagement includes the correspondence which passed between the commanding generals, contemporary newspaper accounts of the action, and eyewitness accounts from the participants. A major source is James Riverton's Royal Gazette, a Tory paper which gives a British point of view. These documents are introduced with a careful examination of the circumstances and events which led to the siege.

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