Siege of Savannah

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Southern theater, 1775–1783
Williamsburg – Great Bridge – Moore's Creek Bridge – Rice Boats – Alligator Bridge – Beaufort – Kettle Creek – Briar Creek – Stono Ferry – Savannah – Charleston – Camden – Kings Mountain – Cowpens – Guilford Court House – Hobkirk's Hill – Eutaw Springs – Yorktown
The Siege of Savannah was a battle of the American Revolutionary War in 1779. The year before, the city of Savannah, Georgia had been captured by a British expeditionary corps under Henry Clinton. The siege itself consisted of a joint Franco-American attempt to retake Savannah from 16 September 1779 to 18 October 1779. On October 9, 1779 a major Allied assault against the British siege works failed. During the attack, Count Kazimierz Pułaski, fighting on the Continental side, was mortally wounded. With the failure of the joint American-French attack, the siege failed, and the British would remain in control of Georgia until close to the end of the war.

Southern theater, 1775–1783
Williamsburg – Great Bridge – Moore's Creek Bridge – Rice Boats – Alligator Bridge – Beaufort – Kettle Creek – Briar Creek – Stono Ferry – Savannah – Charleston – Camden – Kings Mountain – Cowpens – Guilford Court House – Hobkirk's Hill – Eutaw Springs – Yorktown

The battle is much remembered in Haitian history, for it was here that a legion of over 500 gens de couleur—free men of color from Saint-Domingue—fought on the French side. Henri Christophe, who would later become king of independent Haiti, is thought to have been among these troops.

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[French free colored participation in the Siege of Savannah]

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