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This week, episode 212, Port Royal, and Kettle Creek.

The British Southern Command had burst into new activity, beginning with the capture of

Savannah, Georgia in December 1778.

After Colonel Archibald Campbell captured Savannah,

General Augustine Prievos marched a larger force up

from St. Augustine, Florida

to occupy the area around Savannah.

The British offensive began just as American General Robert Howell was turning over command

to General Benjamin Lincoln.

General Lincoln had only reached Charleston, South Carolina by the time the British

attack Savannah, Georgia.

Lincoln then moved to the Georgia South Carolina border to confront the enemy. This led to a standoff and kept the British

penned up in and around Savannah. And that is where I left things a few weeks ago in episode

2008.

In the following weeks and months, the British attempted to expand on their victory at

Savannah and the Americans tried to stop them. Eager to maintain the offensive, General Prevost ordered an attack on Port Royal South Carolina about 40 miles from Savannah.

This, he hoped, would be the beginning of a British toehold in a second

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