British forces in Georgia

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British colonial military unit military formation

British forces in Georgia were the British military units stationed in the Province of Georgia during the colonial and Revolutionary War periods, engaged in campaigns to maintain and expand British control in the region.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colonial military unit ⓘ military formation ⓘ
commandStructure	British Commander-in-Chief, North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
composedOf	Hessian auxiliary troops ⓘ Loyalist provincial units ⓘ local Loyalist militia ⓘ regular British Army regiments ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ American colonial conflicts ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
engagedWith	Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ French expeditionary forces ⓘ Georgia Patriot militia NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish forces in the Gulf region ⓘ
followedReligion	Protestantism ⓘ
garrisonedIn	Augusta, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Augusta NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort James Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ Savannah, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunbury, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommander	Archibald Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ Augustine Prevost NERFINISHED ⓘ James Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	re-establish royal authority in Georgia ⓘ use Georgia as a base for Southern campaigns ⓘ
operatedIn	Georgia (U.S. state) NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
operationalPeriodEnd	1782 ⓘ
operationalPeriodStart	1730s ⓘ
outcome	end of British military presence in Georgia after the Revolutionary War ⓘ evacuation of Savannah by British forces in 1782 ⓘ
partOf	British Army ⓘ British Army in North America NERFINISHED ⓘ British forces in the Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	conducting campaigns against Patriot forces ⓘ maintaining British control over Georgia ⓘ protecting Loyalist populations in Georgia ⓘ securing coastal ports for the British Empire ⓘ
stationedIn	Province of Georgia (British America) NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Theater of the American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportedBy	British Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Loyalist militia in Georgia ⓘ
tookPartIn	Battle of Brier Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Kettle Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ British occupation of Augusta NERFINISHED ⓘ British occupation of Savannah NERFINISHED ⓘ Capture of Savannah (1778) NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Savannah (1779) NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedLanguage	English ⓘ

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Battle of Gully Hole Creek → belligerent → British forces in Georgia ⓘ