Timelines of the American Revolution
The Southern Theater: 1775-1779
1775 April 18-19 - Paul Revere's Ride April 19 - The Revoluitionary War started after skirmishing at Lexington and Concord April 21 - Patriots in Charleston, South Carolina remove powder from the public magazines. May 10 - Second Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia without delegates from Georgia. May 11 - Patriots in Savannah, George remove powder from the royal magazines.
June 15 - George Washington is commissioned General and Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. June 17 - Charles Lee is commissioned as the 2nd Major General of the Continental Army. June 17 - Horatio Gates is commissioned Adjutant General of the Continental Army with a field rank of Brigadier General. June 22 - Nathanael Greene is commissioned as the 9th Brigadier General of the Continental Army. July 12 - Patriots capture Fort Charlotte, South Carolina. July 18 - Josiah Martin, Governor of North Carolina, boards the British sloop Cruzier. September 15 - William Campbell, Governor of South Carolina, boards the British sloop Temar. October 10 - Maj. General William Howe replaces Lt. General Thomas Gage as the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in America. November 22 - Patriots defeat a small Loyalist force at Reedy Creek, South Carolina.
1776 February 11 - Sir James Wright, Royal Governor of Georgia, boards a British warship. February 27 - Continental Congress establishes the Southern Department of the Continental Army, consisting of Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia. February 27 - Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge.
Patriot militia Colonel James Moore defeats Tory Lt. Colonel Donald McLeod. March 1 - Maj. General Charles Lee is selected as the first Southern Department Commander. March 7 - Sir James Wright, Royal Governor of Georgia, fails to recapture Savannah, Georgia. June 4 - British fleet arrives off coast near Charleston, South Carolina. June 4 - Maj. General Charles Lee arrives in Charleston, South Carolina. June 28 - Battle of Fort Sullivan; Charleston, South Carolina. Colonel William Moultrie defeats Admiral Sir Peter Parker. July 4 - The Declaration of Independence is signed. July - Cherokee Indians attack Patriot settlements along the Virginia and Carolina frontiers. August - Brig. General Robert Howe launches a failed invasion of British East Florida. September 9 - Maj. General Robert Howe replaces Maj. General Charles Lee as Southern Department Commander.
1779 January 29 - British Lt. Colonel Archibald Campbell occupies Augusta, Georgia. February 3 - Brig. General William Moultrie defends Beaufort, South Carolina. February 14 - Battle of Kettle Creek, Georgia. Andrew Pickens and Elijah Clarke defeat North Carolina Tories. March 3 - North Carolina militia are defeated by the British at Briar Creek, Georgia May 11 - Maj. General Benjamin Lincoln occupies Augusta, Georgia. June 21 - Spain declares war on Britain. September 16-October 10 - Second Battle of Savannah. Maj. General Benjamin Lincoln and French Admiral D'Estaing lay siege to Savannah, Georgia.
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