SC, USA
Star Fort — Ninety Six National Historic Site
Battlefield
The best-preserved earthwork fortification from the southern campaign. The eight-pointed star-shaped redoubt still stands to nearly its original height, surrounded by the approach trenches that Greene's engineers dug in 1781. The NPS site interprets both the siege and the longer story of Ninety Six's role in the backcountry civil war.
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Connected Events
Nov 1775
Jul 1780
Aug 1780
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