Battle of Savannah (sep 23, 1779 – oct 18, 1779)
Description:
Leaders/Key Players:Major General Augustin Prévost (British)
Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell (British)
Major General Benjamin Lincoln (colonies)
George Washington (colonies)
Count Charles Henri d'Estaing (colonies)
Sequence of events:
1. Prevost weakened southern ports in June 1779
2. Washington convinced d'Estaing’s troops to help the weakened southern states
3. d'Estaing reaches Georgia coast in early September
4. Lincoln and d’Estaing work on a plan
5. Prévost spots French reinforcements on September 4 and sends a warning out to all nearby forces. He prepares by puting 4000 soldiers at the Beaulieu Plantation, 10 miles south of Savannah
6. d’Estaing sets up French forces around the 15th
Added to timeline:
Date:
sep 23, 1779
oct 18, 1779
~ 25 days