SC, USA
Charleston Neck Siege Lines Site
Battlefield
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.
Visiting Today
Address
Charleston Neck, Charleston, SC
Connected Events
Jun 1776
Battle of Sullivan's Island (Fort Moultrie)
General Henry Clinton, Colonel William Moultrie
Jun 1779
Philipsburg Proclamation
General Henry Clinton
Feb 1780
British Forces Land South of Charleston
General Henry Clinton, Major General Benjamin Lincoln
Apr 1780
Tarleton Cuts the Cooper River Road
Major General Benjamin Lincoln, Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton
May 1780
Surrender of Charleston
General Henry Clinton, Major General Benjamin Lincoln
May 1780
Waxhaws Engagement (Tarleton's Quarter)
Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton
Aug 1781
Execution of Isaac Hayne
Colonel Isaac Hayne
Dec 1782
British Evacuation of Charleston
Nathanael Greene
Dec 1782
Greene Enters Charleston
Nathanael Greene