On this day in 1780, Charleston falls to the British. The city had been under siege for weeks. Needless to say, the American surrender was a bit demoralizing. For a while, it even seemed that the defeat might be the beginning of the end for the Patriot cause. Fortunately, it wasn’t! The British had tried to take Charleston much earlier, in 1776, but that effort had failed. Before too long, however, Britain was working on its “southern strategy,” and it decided to go after Charleston again.
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