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The Civil War and Reconstruction was a pivotal era in American history.

When a war was fought to save the Union and to free the slaves,

and when the work to rebuild the nation after that war was over

turned into a struggle to guarantee liberty and justice for all Americans. I'm

I'm Tracey and I'm rich and we want to invite you to join us as we take an in-depth look at this

pivotal era in American history.

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wherever you find your podcasts. Hello and thank you for joining the American Revolution. This week episode 323 the evacuation of

Charleston. The last time we looked in on Charleston was in episode 316. The

continental army under General Nathaniel Green maintained a blockade around Charleston by land,

confronting any foraging parties that dared to move outside the city. The British still controlled the waters and could supply the garrison by sea.

In August, Colonel John Lawrence had been killed in one of the confrontations led against those foraging parties.

Even in the fall of 1782, General Green remained on alert for a new British offensive.

The British had consolidated more soldiers in Charleston after

evacuating Savannah, Georgia earlier that summer. The British naval

victory in the West Indies had removed the French fleet as a threat and gave the British more flexibility

and where they might provide reinforcements for a new offensive.

Schermishing between the two sides continued into the fall.

At the end of August, just days after Lawrence's death, a Patriot detachment from General

Francis Marion's Battalion under the command of Captain George Sinclair Capers attacked a detachment of

loyalist dragoons. Another concern for the Americans was the Cherokee who had remained British allies and had several times attempted to provide support

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