Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War

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The Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War was the campaign zone in the southern colonies where major battles, partisan warfare, and British attempts to rally Loyalist support played a decisive role in the conflict’s outcome.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign theater
theater of war
characteristic devastating impact on Southern economy and plantations
extensive militia involvement
high level of civil conflict between Patriots and Loyalists
significant role of African Americans and enslaved people
consequence collapse of major British operations in the Thirteen Colonies
contributed to negotiations leading to the Treaty of Paris (1783)
country United States of America
surface form: United States (future territory)
endTime 1782
goal British effort to rally Loyalist support
British strategy to regain control of Southern Colonies
hasPart operations in East Florida
operations in Georgia
operations in North Carolina
operations in South Carolina
operations in Virginia
operations in West Florida
involves guerrilla warfare
naval support operations
partisan warfare
siege warfare
locatedIn American South (colonial and early national periods)
surface form: Southern Colonies

Thirteen Colonies
notableCommander Andrew Pickens
Banastre Tarleton
Charles Cornwallis
Daniel Morgan
Francis Marion
George Washington
Henry Clinton
Horatio Gates
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
Marquis de Lafayette
Nathanael Greene
Thomas Sumter
opponent British Army
Continental Army
Great Britain
Hessian auxiliaries
Loyalist militias
surface form: Loyalists

Patriot forces
partOf American Revolutionary War
result decisive American and French victory at Yorktown
significantEvent Battle of Camden
Battle of Cowpens
Battle of Guilford Court House
Battle of Kings Mountain
British capture of Savannah
Siege of Charleston
British capture of Savannah
surface form: Siege of Savannah

Siege of Yorktown
startTime 1778

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British capture of Augusta (1779) theater Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
this entity surface form: Georgia campaign of the American Revolutionary War
Robert Howe participatedIn Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
Patrick Ferguson theaterOfOperations Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
Alexander Leslie theatreOfOperations Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
William Campbell participatedIn Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
Battle of Brier Creek partOf Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
Nathaniel Greene Monument commemorates Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
this entity surface form: Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War
Benjamin Cleveland participatedIn Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
Carolina campaign of 1780 partOf Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
Continental Army headquarters usedDuring Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
Otho Holland Williams servedIn Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
Moore’s Creek Bridge partOf Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
North Carolina Patriots participantIn Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
Alexander Stewart commanded British forces theaterOfOperations Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
subject surface form: Alexander Stewart
North American theater of the American Revolutionary War hasPart Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
Virginia campaign theaterOfWar Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War