ARP301 Evacuation of Wilmington

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

Education, History

4.6 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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British efforts to hold North Carolina lead to loyalist David Fanning kidnapping the patriot Governor Thomas Burke. New of the British surrender at Yorktown arrives with orders for British Regulars to evacuate to Charleston. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Nothing But Blood and Slaughter: The Revolutionary War in the Carolinas, Vol 3, by Patrick O'Kelly Online Recommendation of the Week: The Narrative of Colonel David Fanning: https://archive.org/details/toryintherevolu00fannrich Join American Revolution Podcast on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmRevPodcast Ask your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: https://amrevpod.quora.com Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcast Support this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AmRevPodcast or via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.0	This week episode 301 the evacuation of Wilmington.
0:53.0	Last week, General Cornwallis surrendered his army at Yorktown, marking the last major campaign of the American
1:00.2	Revolution.
1:01.2	At the time, however, no one knew that this would be the final campaign.
1:06.2	The main British army remained in New York, another army held Charleston, South Carolina,
1:11.9	and British soldiers continued to hold other coastal towns as well.
1:15.6	The day after the surrender, George Washington sent Admiral Degrass a message proposing that the combined
1:22.1	forces move south to Charleston and take out the British garrison there.
1:27.0	Washington believed that they could take Charleston in two months and that this would destroy
1:31.7	the last hope of a British comeback.
1:34.0	The French Admiral had already overstayed his time in North America.
1:38.0	It was already late October, and he had planned to return to the West Indies by this time.
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