Charleston

Charleston Fortification Lines (Citadel Area)

Battlefield · Hampton Park area, Charleston, SC 29403

The general area of Charleston's 1780 inner defense works, which the Patriot garrison constructed across the neck of the peninsula. The fortifications were substantial but ultimately unable to withstand a siege once the British cut off all supply and reinforcement routes.

Charleston Neck Siege Lines Site

Battlefield · Charleston Neck, Charleston, SC

The area across the Charleston peninsula where British forces completed their siege works in April 1780, cutting off the city from any land escape or reinforcement. The modern neighborhoods here overlie the ground where Clinton's engineers dug the parallel trenches that made the city's surrender inevitable.

Circular Congregational Church

Landmark · 150 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29401

One of the oldest congregations in the south, organized in 1681. The current structure replaced one damaged in the Civil War, but the congregation's graveyard contains remains of Revolutionary War-era Charlestonians. The church was a center of Patriot sentiment before the occupation.

Patriots Point and Charleston Harbor Entrance

Landmark · 40 Patriots Point Rd, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

The harbor entrance near modern Patriots Point was the critical waterway that British Admiral Peter Parker's fleet attempted to force in June 1776. The guns of Fort Sullivan — later Fort Moultrie — commanded this approach and broke the British naval assault. The site today overlooks the harbor from Mount Pleasant.

White Point Garden (Battery)

Landmark · 2 Murray Blvd, Charleston, SC 29401

The southern tip of the Charleston peninsula, which served as a key artillery position during both the 1776 defense and the 1780 siege. Today the park contains numerous cannon and historical markers relating to the city's colonial and Revolutionary War defenses.