Daily Archives for 12 May 2013


May 12: Siege of Charleston

On 12 May 1779 the Siege of Charleston ended. Benjamin Lincoln was the leader of the U.S. army. He was trying to withstand the forces of the British army leader Henry Clinton. Clinton, with the help of Lieutenant Campbell, sent in troops of 3500 men to invade Savanna, Georgia which they took with ease. While […]