On this day in 1776,
Col. Stephen Bull embarking from Purysburgh with a relief force of 400 South Carolina militiamen, move down the Savannah River, landing on Hutchinson's Island.
The sloop HMS Cherokee and a transport ship sailed up the river to the island. Once they arrived, they assisted some of the British ships that were in the area to safely withdraw. Those ships threw about 2,000 lbs. of rice overboard and sailed out of range of Bull's floating artillery at the Battle of Hutchinson's Island.
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Col. Stephen Bull embarking from Purysburgh with a relief force of 400 South Carolina militiamen, move down the Savannah River, landing on Hutchinson's Island.
The sloop HMS Cherokee and a transport ship sailed up the river to the island. Once they arrived, they assisted some of the British ships that were in the area to safely withdraw. Those ships threw about 2,000 lbs. of rice overboard and sailed out of range of Bull's floating artillery at the Battle of Hutchinson's Island.
More Colonial Battles
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