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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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
British occupation of Charleston	2
Battle of Charleston Harbor	1
British capture of Charleston	1
Siege of Charles Town	1
Siege of Charleston (1780)	1
Siege of Charleston Harbor	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 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Siege of Charleston → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Charles Town

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

Banastre Tarleton → battle → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

South Atlantic Blockading Squadron → engagedIn → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Charleston Harbor

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)

Battle of Eutaw Springs → relatedTo → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

this entity surface form: British occupation of Charleston

British capture of Savannah → relatedTo → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

this entity surface form: British capture of Charleston

Charleston → significantEvent → Siege of Charleston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Charleston Harbor

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