feb 2, 1779 - Skirmish at Fort Lyttleton

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Located two miles south of Beaufort on Spanish Point, Fort Lyttleton was originally built to protect against the Spanish. Completed in 1762, it was a triangular tabby-built work, 400 by 375 feet, with a bastion and two half-bastions, tabby barracks, and a magazine. Patriots seized the fort in 1775.

On February 1, Fort Lyttleton was attacked by the British. Capt. John Francis DeTreville (SC 4th Regiment) spiked the guns and blew up fort to prevent its capture by British who were ransacking nearby plantations on their way to Charles Town from Savannah (Prevost).

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