29 abr 1779 año - Skirmish at Purrysburg

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Purrysburg was the first headquarters of the Southern Continental Army within South Carolina under Major General Benjamin Lincoln. On April 29, British Brigadier General Augustine Prevost of Savannah, Georgia crossed the Savannah River to begin his march towards Charles Town, in hopes of capturing it. A brief skirmish occurred between Lincoln's Continentals and Prevost's Loyalists near Purrysburg.

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