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Name: British conquest of South Carolina

Type: Event

Start: 1780 AD

End: 1781 AD

Parent: Southern theatre of the American Revolutionary War

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Was the British invasion and conquest of large territories in South Carolian during the American Revolutionary War.

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  • February 1781: Battle of Cowan's Ford. British cavalry under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton cross the Catawba River.
  • March 1781: Battle of Guilford Court House near Greensboro, North Carolina. British victory.
  • May 1780: Charleston (South Carolina) surrenders to British Geneal Henry Clinton after a six-week siege.
  • May 1780: Battle of Waxhaws. The British crush the last organized resistance in South Carolina.
  • September 1781: Battle of Eutaw Springs (Eutawville, South Carolina).
  • May 1781: Siege of Ninety-Six, South Carolina.
  • June 1781: British relief ends the Siege of Ninety-Six.
  • August 1780: British victory in the Battle of Camden.

  • Selected Sources


  • Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.116
  • Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.122
  • Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.133
  • Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.139
  • Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.143
  • Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.146
  • Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.153
  • Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, pp.114-115
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