may 12, 1780 - Gen Lincoln surrenders Charles Town to the British
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After a bitter struggle, General Benjamin Lincoln surrenders Charles Town to the British, their greatest prize of the Revolutionary War. Two-and-a-half year occupation begins. Maj. Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, Commander of the Patriot Southern Army in Charleston, S.C. surrenders 5,000 Continental Line troops and S.C. and N.C. militia to Gen. Henry Clinton.Added to timeline:
Date:
may 12, 1780
Now
~ 245 years ago