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| | American Revolution in South Carolina, Charlestown, 1780 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | When trenches built by Clinton's forces on the neck were close enough to successfully launch an assault, Patriot General Benjamin Lincoln surrendered the city to the British on May 12, 1780 and a two-and-a-half year occupation began. |
 | | Return of ordnance, (b.) arms, and ammunition in Charles town, when surrendered to His Excellency Sir Henry Clinton, Knight of the Bath, commander in chief of His Majesty's forces, &c. |
 | | A return of the garrison of fort Moultrie, made prisoners of war by a brigade of seamen and marines, commanded by Captains Hudson, Gambier, and Knowles, of the royal navy. |
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