After surrounding Charleston South Carolina, British General Henry Clinton compels the Continental Army under Benjamin Lincoln to surrender. The British deny their opponents the honors of war, taking the entire defending army as prisoners of war. The surrender in May 1780 marks the greatest loss for the Americans during the course of the Revolution.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: A Gallant Defense: The Siege of Charleston, 1780, by Carl Borick.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Original papers relating to the siege of Charleston, 1780, by Benjamin Lincoln:
https://archive.org/details/originalpapersre00linc
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Episode 074 Occupied Boston 1775
Episode 073 Siege of Boston, Autumn Edition
Episode 072 Siege of St. Jean
Episode 071 Britain Prepares to Crush a Rebellion
Episode 070 Ousted Governors and Bermuda Powder Raid
Episode 069: The South Joins the War
Episode 068 Congress' Olive Branch Petition
Episode 067: Washington Takes Command
Episode 066: The British Take Bunker Hill
Episode 065: The Provincials Occupy Bunker Hill
Episode 064: The Second Continental Congress Begins
Episode 063 Buzzard's Bay and Machias
Episode 062: The Three Headed Cerberus in Boston
Episode 061: The Battle of Chelsea Creek
Episode 060: Securing Lake Champlain
Episode 059: Taking Fort Ticonderoga
Episode 058: Slavery and Liberty
Episode 057: Regulars and Provincials
Episode 056: The Shot Heard 'Round the World
Episode 055: British Retreat from Lexington and Concord
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