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The Battle of Purysburg, also known as the Battle of Purrysburg, was fought on April 29, 1779, at Purysburg, South Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War. The battle took place not long after British forces consolidated control around Savannah, Georgia, which they had captured in December 1778.

Brigadier General Augustine Prevost sent between 1,500-1,800 British regulars to ***.

Contents

1 Background 2 Battle 3 Aftermath 4 Footnotes 5 References

Background

The British began their "southern strategy" by sending expeditions from New York City and Saint Augustine, East Florida to capture Savannah, Georgia late in 1778. Remnants of Savannah's defenders combined with South Carolina militia under Major General Benjamin Lincoln at an encampment at Purysburg, South Carolina to oppose the British.[5]

When Brigadier General Augustine Prevost ***

Battle

Colonel Maitland*

Aftermath

In addition to the prisoners taken (sources cite either seven or twelve were retained), the British reportedly suffered 40 killed or wounded,[2][3] although deserters reported that nearly half of Gardner's men had been hit by American fire.[14] The Americans, in

Battlefield Archeology

Footnotes

O'Kelley, p.235

References

Gordon, John W (2003). South Carolina and the American Revolution: a Battlefield History. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-57003-480-0. O'Kelley, Patrick (2004). Nothing but Blood and Slaughter: Military Operations and Order of Battle of the Revolutionary War in the Carolinas, Volume One, 1771–1779. Press. ISBN 1-59113-458-7. Rowland, Lawrence; Moore, Alexander; Rogers, George (1996). The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina: 1514–1861. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-57003-090-1. OCLC 194626437. Wilson, David K (2005). The Southern Strategy: Britain's Conquest of South Carolina and Georgia, 1775–1780. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 1-57003-573-3. OCLC 232001108.