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	Siege of Charleston
		Meanwhile Lincoln had cast up fortifications across Charleston Neck; and Commodore Whipple, who was in command of a flotilla of small vessels near the bar, had fled into the harbor, sunk some of his craft to obstruct the channels, and transferred his guns and seamen to the fortifications.
		Fort Moultrie was compelled to surrender to the British on the 6th of May; and on the 9th, a third summons was made for the surrender of the army and the city, and refused.
		The fall of Charleston and the loss of the Southern army were severe blows to the republicans.
	www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/Our_Country_vol_2/siegeofc_bcf.html (919 words)

	Siege of Charleston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Siege of Charleston is one the major battles which place towards the end of the American Revolutionary War in which the British began to their focus tworads the southern colonies.
		Marching upon Charleston Clinton cut off the city from and after a brief siege compelled Lincoln surrender on the 12th of May. The of this place and of the 3000 included in the surrender was a serious to the American cause.
		Milby's "Siege of Charleston" is a must for those who want to know the full scope of the war, particularly the naval war, in the "Cradle of the Rebellion." Fort Sumter, Secessionists, Union monitors and blockaders, Southern rams and su...
	www.freeglossary.com /Siege_of_Charleston (573 words)

	Charleston real estate, SC - America Real Estate Directory
		Charleston is situated on a narrow, low-lying peninsula between the Ashley and Cooper rivers, at the head of a broad bay leading to the Atlantic Ocean.
		Charleston is one of the busiest ports of the southeastern United States; its fine, nearly landlocked harbor handles both coastal and overseas trade.
		Charleston was founded in 1670 at Albemarle Point on the western bank of the Ashley River and named Charles Town in honor of Charles II, king of England.
	www.real-estate-2000.com /charleston_sc.htm (553 words)

	Community History
		A siege on the city in 1776 was successfully defended by William Moultrie from Sullivan's Island, but by 1780 Charleston came under British control for two and a half years.
		The Charleston Library Society was established in 1748 by some wealthy Charlestonians who wished to keep up with the scientific and philosophical issues of the day.
		Charleston remained one of the busiest port cities in the country, and the construction of a new, larger United States Custom House began in 1849, but its construction was interrupted by the events of the Civil War.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/Charleston/community.htm (2186 words)

	Siege of Charleston
		Lincoln remained in Charleston, with 5,500 men, expecting to be reinforced, leaving the British free to advance unhindered towards Charleston.
		Fort Charleston, on the southern coast of Charleston Harbour, fell on 6 March.
		Lincoln was now under constant pressure from the civilian population of Charleston to end the siege, and finally on 12 May 1780 the American defenders of Charleston surrendered.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/battles_charleston.html (677 words)

	Seige of Charles Town - 225th Anniversary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Charleston, SC Sir Henry Clinton and more than eight thousand British, German and Loyalist troops set out from New York to change the seat of the war by invading the South in 1779.
		By April 2, 1780, Clinton’s army began its siege of Charleston, the fifth largest city in colonial America and on May 12, the Continental forces surrendered the city in what would be the worst Continental defeat of the war and the third largest surrender in American history.
		Although the siege of Charleston included skirmishes, with no major field battle, current plans include opportunities for the troops to practice their tactical skills on a large scale through battalion exercises during the day and a tactical weapons demonstration during the weekend.
	www.brigade.org /barcal/2005/Charlestown.html (522 words)

	Charleston SC Civil War Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In Charleston the opening scene of the conflict was acted out by hosting the secession convention in December 1860, which led South Carolina out of the Union, the first of eleven Southern states to withdraw.
		Four months later, in April of 1861, the war was inaugurated in Charleston harbor when Southern forces fired on the U.S. garrison in Ft. Sumter.
		It seemed as though Charleston was destined to pay the ultimate price for her sins when the entire might of the Union Army and Navy decended on her in the spring and summer of 1863.
	www.civilwarcharleston.com (216 words)

	Triangle.com \| South Carolina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		CHARLESTON, S.C. The towering steeple of Second Presbyterian Church was used by Union batteries to sight the guns that lobbed shells into Charleston during a 587-day Civil War siege.
		Although technically not a siege -- the rail lines to the west still operated although tenuously toward war's end -- the Union blockade put a stranglehold on Charleston, which refused to surrender.
		The Civil War was not the first time this coastal city was under siege; the British captured Charleston, then the nation's fourth-largest city, after a six-week Revolutionary War siege in 1780.
	www.triangle.com /travel/sc_coast/story/1301974p-7408559c.html (852 words)

	Operations: Southern Theater
		The Siege of Savannah by the Combined American and French Forces, Under the Command of Gen. Lincoln and the Count D'Estaing, in the Autumn of 1779.
		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 Savannah, in 1779, As Described in Two Contemporary Journals of French Officers in the Fleet of Count D'Estaing.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/reference/revbib/southo.htm (2201 words)

	American Revolution - Revolutionary War Battles - "The Siege of Charleston" 1779-1780 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The British began a southern strategy by beginning a siege of Charleston, South Carolina.
		The siege lasted until May 9th when British artillery fire was close enough to set the town on fire and force a surrender.
		The British dug siege trenches ever closer to the wall of the city.
	www.americanrevolution.com /SiegeofCharleston.htm (239 words)

	SIEGE OF CHARLESTOWN MAP - Archiving Early America
		By 11 o'clock that night the British ships, battered and severely bruised during the day-long battle, admitted defeat and slipped their cables, drifting away with the tide.
		Based strictly on the record, one might have safely concluded that the military operation at Charleston was foredoomed from the start.
		n the end...the siege of Charleston proved to be a humiliating defeat for the British.
	www.earlyamerica.com /earlyamerica/maps/charlestownmap (441 words)

	Siege of Charleston Expedition
		No doubt the reason many of the wrecks around Charleston had not been found was because of this quarter mile discrepancy.
		If you should find yourself in Charleston and wish to research the naval actions and later disposition of sunken ships, be sure to read Benjamin Maillefert's diaries in the Charleston city archive in the Fireproof Building.
		During the battle of Charleston between Admiral Dahlgren's monitor fleet and the Confederate forts, the Weehawken led the Union squadron into the harbor with a huge wooden anti-mine raft attached to its bow.
	www.numa.net /expeditions/siege_of_charleston_expedition.html (1340 words)

	Bookreporter.com - CHARLESTON by John Jakes
		Charleston, South Carolina is one of the quintessential southern cities that has formed our picturesque image of a bygone era.
		Although CHARLESTON revolves primarily around the generations of Bells, there are other families whose progeny are pivotal in the dramatic developments.
		John Jakes's magnificent dramatization of the people of Charleston and the times in which they lived marks another milestone in the prolific career of this remarkable storyteller who has been justly christened "the godfather of historical novelists." CHARLESTON is equal shares of innocence and intrigue, love and scorn, enlightening detail and abundant imagination.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews/0525946500.asp (579 words)

	USATODAY.com - Museum exhibit chronicles Civil War siege (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The towering steeple of Second Presbyterian Church was used by Union batteries to sight the guns that lobbed shells into Charleston during a 587-day Civil War siege.
		Grahame Long, curator of history at the Charleston Museum, prepares for the opening of the new Civil War exhibit.
		Although technically not a siege — the rail lines to the west still operated although tenuously toward war's end — the Union blockade put a stranglehold on Charleston, which refused to surrender.
	www.usatoday.com /travel/destinations/2004-05-12-charleston-civil-war_x.htm (977 words)

	The Siege of Charleston
		While the British slowly closed in, naval maneuvering in Charleston Harbor for the Americans was a disaster.
		During the first few days of the siege, the British operations were under heavy artillery fire.
		Soon after securing Charleston, Lt. General Henry Clinton gave command of the Southern Theatre to Lt. General Charles Cornwallis and on June 5th, he sailed north back to New York.
	www.uswars.net /1775-1783/battles/800329.htm (1684 words)

	SC Historical Society: Journal of the Siege of Charleston by the English in 1780. The Army Commanded by Gen. Sir Henry ...
		SC Historical Society: Journal of the Siege of Charleston by the English in 1780.
		Journal of the Siege of Charleston by the English in 1780.
		In a Council of War composed of all officers of the General Staff, it was resolved by a majority of votes, to propose a capitulation.
	www.cyberus.ca /~bharvey/charleston.html (1511 words)

	Charleston Museum recalls Civil War siege \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		CHARLESTON, S.C. - The towering steeple of Second Presbyterian Church was used by Union batteries to sight the guns that lobbed shells into Charleston during a 587-day Civil War siege.
		Although technically not a siege - the rail lines to the west still operated (although tenuously toward war's end) - the Union blockade put a stranglehold on Charleston, which refused to surrender.
		The new exhibit in the nation's oldest museum shows how the city weathered the conflict that opened with the Confederate bombardment on Fort Sumter in the harbor in 1861.
	www.azstarnet.com /dailystar/printSN/22197.php (831 words)

	City Tour: Charleston Historic Sites @ nationalgeographic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The history of the state—and of the entire South—is exemplified by the stately houses and the postcard-perfect streets of Charleston.
		During the Revolutionary War, the British lay siege to Charleston, finally overcoming it in 1780.
		Along Tradd Street are examples of Charleston’s ubiquitous single and double houses—dwellings one or two rooms wide, many with front doors that open onto a long breeze-catching porch, or piazza.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /destinations/Charleston/Charleston_Historic_Sites.html (955 words)

	CHARLESTON AT SUNRISE
		Charleston was first settled in 1670 when the English frigate CAROLINA entered Charleston harbor and landed on a bluff on the West bank of the Ashley River.
		In 1780 the British returned and laid siege to Charleston forcing its surrendered on May 12.
		Charleston, the "Cradle of Secession", became a strategic symbol for both the North and South.
	www.wrmgraphics.com /page36.html (728 words)

	Prints Old & Rare - Charleston, SC page
		Hand colored engraving from Harper’s Weekly, titled "Charleston: Celebration of her Recovery from the Effects of the Earthquake." Shows a street scene in the downtown area, which is draped with flags and festive decorations.
		Hand colored engraving from Harper’s Weekly, titled "The Siege of Charleston: The New Black Island Batteries, Four and a Half Miles from Charleston." Shows a scene behind the Union lines, where giant cannons are aimed towards the city.
		Hand-colored engraving from the May 4, 1861 issue of Harper’s Weekly, titled "The House-Tops in Charleston during the Bombardment of Sumter." Men and women are shown watching as the fort comes under attack.
	www.printsoldandrare.com /charleston (1316 words)

	Siege Charleston
		The purpose of this paper is to give as clear an account as practicable of the siege of Charleston, with references to the locations as known to this date.
		Johnson says: “The families which remained in Charleston, amidst these exciting and alarming scenes of danger, removed generally into their cellars and places of this kind for safety, and were generally safe; but about 20 of them were killed.” The venerable Mrs.
		Lingard, grandmother of Gov. William Aiken, who resided during the siege in Lingard Street, used, long after, to tell how she and her family were obliged to take refuge in the cellar of her residence on that street.
	www.clansinclairsc.org /siegecharleston.htm (7017 words)

	Charleston Area Convention & Visitor Bureau - Charleston, SC
		The Charleston Museum presents an original exhibition on the impact of the war on the South Carolina Lowcountry.
		The Charleston Museum turns its focus to beauty aids in the final segment of the Foundations of Fashion: Two Centuries of Undergarments and Beauty Aids exhibit series.
		Charleston painter and printmaker, Mary Walker, started The Scrolls as a reaction to the current state of global politics.
	www.charlestoncvb.com /visitors/events.html (693 words)

	Charleston B&B: Hayne House Bed and Breakfast
		The Hayne House is one of the oldest wooden houses in Charleston.
		The original portion of the house (the dining room side of the house) was built prior to 1755 and was an early example of the Charleston single house.
		Tradition associates the house with Col. Isaac Hayne, a hero of the American Revolution, who was executed by the British during the siege of Charleston.
	www.haynehouse.com /history.htm (716 words)

	Charleston Area Convention & Visitor Bureau - Charleston, SC
		Charleston Area Convention & Visitor Bureau - Charleston, SC The Siege of Charleston during the American Revolution
		Carl Borick, author and historian, has pieced together the story of Charleston during the American Revolution.
		The men, the town, and its desperate fight for freedom remind us of the fact that Charleston has stood at the fulcrum on more than one occasion.
	www.charlestoncvb.com /visitors/events.html?event_id=1807 (78 words)

	Charleston Gateway - The Premier Visitor Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Charleston's churches welcome you with wonderful history and architecture.
		During the 1780 Siege of Charleston, British cannon on Drum Island aimed for this tallest spire in the city – and missed.
		It was easy duty, except that Federal artillery shelled Charleston for 18 months, using his steeple as an aiming point.
	www.charlestongateway.com /stmichaels.htm (496 words)

	The Charleston Museum - May 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The exhibit, focusing on one of the great sieges of the Revolutionary War and the ensuing occupation of one of the era's most important cities, will run from June 4 through Dec. 14, 2003.
		Many of the objects and documents on display were used by British forces in the Charleston area and are returning here for the first time.
		Departing Charleston in December 1782 after an occupation of nineteen months, the British left not as conquerors, but as a vanquished army.
	www.carolinaarts.com /csc503chasmus.html (749 words)

	Re: The Price of Liberty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Thomas Heyward, Jr., Arthur Middleton, and Edward Rutledge (SC) were all captured at the Siege of Charleston in 1780.
		This work states that the continental troops from the siege of Charleston were held on prison ships.
		Recovered and served in the siege of Charleston.
	www.stanardgroup.com /talk/_disc1/00000358.htm (2238 words)

	Charleston
		The British Siege and Occupation of Charleston, 1780-1782
		Carl Borick, the assistant director and curator for this exhibition, is author of the recently-published "A Gallant Defense: The British Siege of Charleston, 1780" (University of South Carolina Press, 2003).
		Charleston, SC: As part of a series of original and exclusive Charleston Museum exhibitions presented in association with museums outside the United States, The Charleston Museum will present Redcoats, Hessians and Tories: The British Siege and Occupation of Charleston, 1780-1782.
	www.americanrevolution.org /charleston.html (786 words)

	The Patriot Resource: Siege of Charleston
		The British had tried to approach Charleston by water and had failed to reach the city proper.
		General Clinton and the British goverment back in London believed that if the British controlled the South, Tories would flock to support the British and Clinton would be able to overwhelm General George Washington in Virginia.
		In October, D'Estaing abandoned the siege and sailed south to the West Indies for the winter.
	www.patriotresource.com /battles/charleston/page1.html (500 words)

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