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Ninety Six Stockade and Jail Site

Landmark

The site of the log stockade that protected the British-held town itself, adjacent to the Star Fort. During the siege, Henry Lee's Legion captured this position, cutting off the garrison's access to the water supply from the town well — a threat that nearly forced surrender before Rawdon arrived.

Visiting Today

Address

Ninety Six National Historic Site, SC 29666

Connected Events

Oct 1780
Battle of Kings Mountain

Major Patrick Ferguson

May 1781
Greene Begins Siege of Ninety Six

Lieutenant Colonel John Harris Cruger, Major General Nathanael Greene, Thaddeus Kosciuszko

Jun 1781
Final American Assault on Star Fort

Lord Francis Rawdon, Lieutenant Colonel John Harris Cruger, Major General Nathanael Greene

Jun 1781
Rawdon Relieves Ninety Six

Major General Nathanael Greene, Lord Francis Rawdon

Jul 1781
British Abandon Ninety Six

Lord Francis Rawdon