Siege of Charleston

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battle of the American Revolutionary War siege

The Siege of Charleston was a major 1780 British victory in the American Revolutionary War that resulted in the capture of a key Southern port city and one of the largest American surrenders of the conflict.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Siege of Charleston canonical	12
Siege of Charleston (1780)	4
British occupation of Charleston	3
British capture of Charleston	2
Battle of Charleston Harbor	1
British occupation of Charleston (1780)	1
Siege of Charles Town	1
Siege of Charleston Harbor	1
Siege of Charleston campaign	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Siege of Charleston ⓘ surface form: Siege of Charles Town
approximateAmericanPrisoners	5000 ⓘ
approximateAmericanStrength	5000 ⓘ
approximateBritishStrength	13000 ⓘ
belligerent	British Army ⓘ Continental Army ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ South Carolina militia ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
captured	American garrison at Charleston ⓘ Charleston ⓘ surface form: Charleston, South Carolina
category	Battles involving Great Britain ⓘ Battles involving the United States ⓘ History of Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ
cityDefendedBy	fortifications around Charleston ⓘ
combatantSide	Loyalist forces ⓘ Patriot forces ⓘ
commander	Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot ⓘ Benjamin Lincoln ⓘ Charles Cornwallis ⓘ surface form: Lord Charles Cornwallis Henry Clinton ⓘ surface form: Sir Henry Clinton William Moultrie ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateEnd	1780-05-12 ⓘ
dateStart	1780-03-29 ⓘ
followedBy	British advance into the Carolina backcountry ⓘ Siege of Charleston self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: British occupation of Charleston
historicalPeriod	late 18th century ⓘ
involved	entrenchments ⓘ naval blockade ⓘ siege artillery ⓘ
location	Charleston ⓘ surface form: Charleston, South Carolina
notableFortification	Fort Moultrie ⓘ
objective	capture Charleston ⓘ
partOf	Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
precededBy	British capture of Savannah ⓘ
region	Lowcountry of South Carolina ⓘ surface form: Lowcountry, South Carolina
result	British victory ⓘ
significance	capture of a key Southern port city ⓘ largest American surrender of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ major British victory in the Southern campaign ⓘ
surrenderedForce	Continental Army troops in Charleston ⓘ South Carolina militia ⓘ surface form: South Carolina militia in Charleston
theater	Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
typeOfAction	siege warfare ⓘ
year	1780 ⓘ

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Subject: Siege of Charleston
Description of subject: The Siege of Charleston was a major 1780 British victory in the American Revolutionary War that resulted in the capture of a key Southern port city and one of the largest American surrenders of the conflict.

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War → significantEvent → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

Charleston → significantEvent → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Charleston Harbor

Banastre Tarleton → battle → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

British capture of Savannah → relatedTo → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

this entity surface form: British capture of Charleston

Siege of Charleston → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Charles Town

Siege of Charleston → followedBy → Siege of Charleston self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British occupation of Charleston

Hessian forces → notableEngagement → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Charleston (1780)

Southern Department of the Continental Army → associatedWithBattle → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

Battle of Eutaw Springs → relatedTo → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

this entity surface form: British occupation of Charleston

South Atlantic Blockading Squadron → engagedIn → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Charleston Harbor

Charleston, Province of South Carolina, British America → siteOf → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Charleston (1780)

British Legion → engagement → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Charleston (1780)

Tarleton's Legion → engagement → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

Earl Cornwallis → battle → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis

Benjamin Lincoln → participantIn → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

Battle of Waxhaws → precededBy → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

Battle of Fishing Creek → relatedEvent → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

this entity surface form: British occupation of Charleston (1780)

British southern strategy → hasPart → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

this entity surface form: British capture of Charleston

British southern strategy → keyEvent → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

History of Charleston, South Carolina → involvedInEvent → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Charleston (1780)

Carolina campaign of 1780 → hasPart → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

this entity surface form: British occupation of Charleston

James Grant → battle → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

North American theater of the American Revolutionary War → includesEvent → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

Sergeant William Jasper → militaryConflict → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

subject surface form: William Jasper

this entity surface form: Siege of Charleston campaign