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Siege of Charleston

Siege of Charleston
Part of the American Revolutionary War
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Siege of Charleston 1780 by Alonzo Chappel
Date March 29, 1780 - May 12, 1780
Location Charleston, South Carolina
32°47′39.12″N 79°56′31.26″W / 32.7942000°N 79.9420167°W / 32.7942000; -79.9420167Coordinates: 32°47′39.12″N 79°56′31.26″W / 32.7942000°N 79.9420167°W / 32.7942000; -79.9420167
Result

British victory

  • City surrendered to British
Belligerents

 Great Britain

  United States
 France
Commanders and leaders

Kingdom of Great Britain Sir Henry Clinton
Kingdom of Great Britain Lord Cornwallis
Kingdom of Great Britain Alexander Leslie

Kingdom of Great Britain Mariot Arbuthnot

United States Benjamin Lincoln Surrendered
United States William Moultrie Surrendered
United States James Hogun Surrendered
United States William Woodford Surrendered
Abraham Whipple Surrendered

Kingdom of France Louis Duportail Surrendered
Strength

12,847 regulars and militia
4,500 sailors
6 ships of the line
8 frigates
4 armed galleys

90 transports

6,577 regulars, sailors and militia
3 frigates
5 sloops
1 schooner
1 brig

3 armed galleys
Casualties and losses
76 killed,
182 wounded		 92 killed,
148 wounded
5266 captured

British victory

 Great Britain

Kingdom of Great Britain Sir Henry Clinton
Kingdom of Great Britain Lord Cornwallis
Kingdom of Great Britain Alexander Leslie


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