ARP247 Siege of Charleston
American Revolution Podcast
Michael Troy
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2022
⏱️ 34 minutes
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| 0:59.4 | This week, episode 237, The Siege of Charleston. |
| 1:04.8 | It's been a while since we discussed the war in the South. |
| 1:07.7 | We last left them in episode 234 when a combined French and American forest attempted to recapture Savannah, Georgia from the British |
| 1:16.8 | outpost there. |
| 1:18.7 | The British managed to hold out and the French sailed for New England. Continental General Benjamin Lincoln was stuck with a relatively small southern army |
| 1:28.0 | with which he hoped to protect South Carolina and hopefully find a way to recapture Georgia for the Americans. |
| 1:35.0 | General Lincoln of course was well aware that the British had their eyes on |
| 1:39.6 | Charleston South Carolina. They had already attempted a half-hearted attack on the city that almost succeeded in taking it. |
| 1:48.0 | A big part of Lincoln's time was spent building and reinforcing the defenses in and around Charleston, |
| 1:54.7 | which was seen as the key to holding the state of South Carolina. Lincoln never wanted the |
| 2:00.4 | Southern command and had already tried to resign several times. |
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