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The Fall of Charleston, South Carolina

The London Magazine for June, 1780, 54p. octavo, with an "Account of the taking Charles-Town, by General Clinton" which records the "Articles of capitulation between their excellencies Sir Henry Clinton, general and commander in chief of his majesty's forces in the several provinces and colonies on the Atlantick, Mariot Arbuthnot, Esq. Vice Admiral of the blue, and commander in chief of all his majesty's ships and vessels in North America, and Major-General Benjamin Lincoln, commanding in chief in Charles-Town." Fine.^tIn December, Sir Henry Clinton sailed from New York to recover Charleston, still held by the patriots. Opposing his force of 11,000 men was General Lincoln with a force of about 7000 Americans. Lincoln and his troops became entrapped in the city by troops on the one side and ships on the other. The American forces held out for nearly two months, but on 12 May 1780, after a destructive bombardment, they were compelled to capitulate. The city of Charleston was pillaged by Hessians and British alike, and South Carolina suffered under a brutal warfare more than any other State. Clinton and Cornwallis outlawed all people who would not take an ironbound oath to actively support the British people, and the outlaws were cruelly treated. ^t

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