The Fall of Charlestown
The British Capture and Occupy Charlestown
The City Falls to the British - Patriots Imprisoned
The City Falls to the British - Patriots Imprisoned
The City Falls to the British - Patriots Imprisoned
May 12, 1780 - the Southern Continental Army protecting Charlestown surrenders. The loss of Charlestown is devastating: over 2,500 soldiers, 300 cannon, 6,000 muskets, vast stores of gunpowder. Georgia and South Carolina are fortified and conquered.
King George's Authority is Restored
The City Falls to the British - Patriots Imprisoned
The City Falls to the British - Patriots Imprisoned
Property confiscation, rationing, the removal of leaders to Saint Augustine prison ensue.
The 31-month British Occupation
The City Falls to the British - Patriots Imprisoned
The 31-month British Occupation
Oppression spares no one. Suspension of habeas corpus. Public hanging of Colonel Isaac Hayne.