Siège

Siege of Ninety-Six

22 mai 1781 – 19 juin 1781 · 34.15° N, 82.02° W

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22 mai 1781 – 19 juin 1781
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Siège
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34.15° N, 82.02° W
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siege (1781) in the American Revolutionary War

Siege of Ninety Six

Siege (1781) in the American Revolutionary War

The siege of Ninety Six was a siege in western South Carolina late in the American Revolutionary War. From May 22 to June 18, 1781, Continental Army Major General Nathanael Greene led 1,000 troops in a siege against the 550 Loyalists in the fortified village of Ninety Six, South Carolina. The 28-day siege centered on an earthen fortification known as Star Fort.

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