Timelines of the American Revolution


1780
February 20-May 13 - Siege of Mobile
Spanish Governor of Louisiana Don Bernardo de Galvez captures Mobile in West Florida.

April 2-May 12 - Second Battle of Charleston, South Carolina.
Maj. General Benjamin Lincoln is defeated by Lt. General Henry Clinton.

April 14 - Battle of Monck's Corner, South Carolina.
Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton defeats General Isaac Huger..

May 7(?) - Maj. General Horatio Gates is appointed Southern Department Commander by the Continental Congress.

May 29 - Battle of Waxhaws, South Carolina.
Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton defeats Colonel Abraham Buford.

August 16 - Battle of Camden, South Carolina.
Lt. General Charles Cornwallis defeats Maj. General Horatio Gates.

September 26 - Lt. General Charles Cornwallis occupies Charlotte, North Carolina.

October 5 - Maj. General Nathanael Greene is appointed Southern Department Commander by the Continental Congress.

October 7 - Battle of King's Mountain, South Carolina.
Patriot militia defeat Major Patrick Ferguson's Tory force.

October 7 - Benedict Arnold pens a letter to the Inhabitants of America.




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