On this day in 1779,
The Georgia Patriot militia rallies at the Burke County Jail to stop the British advance. British Maj. James M. Prevost orders a detachment of East Florida Rangers, under Lt. Col. Thomas Brown, and a detachment of South Carolina Royalists, under Lt. Col. Joseph Robinson, on a mission to rescue the Loyalist prisoners at the jail. Militiamen inside repel two attacks. Brown eventually withdraws his men and rejoins the main British force that was heading towards Augusta after The Battle of Burke County, GA.
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The Georgia Patriot militia rallies at the Burke County Jail to stop the British advance. British Maj. James M. Prevost orders a detachment of East Florida Rangers, under Lt. Col. Thomas Brown, and a detachment of South Carolina Royalists, under Lt. Col. Joseph Robinson, on a mission to rescue the Loyalist prisoners at the jail. Militiamen inside repel two attacks. Brown eventually withdraws his men and rejoins the main British force that was heading towards Augusta after The Battle of Burke County, GA.
More Colonial Battles
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