Siege of Charleston

Land: 76 killed 89 wounded : 70
Sea: 23 killed 28 wounded

Siege of Charleston
	Part of the American Revolutionary War
	; An illustration of the siege by Alonzo Chappel
Date	March 29 – May 12, 1780
Location	Charles Town, South Carolina, U.S.32°47′39″N 79°56′31″W / 32.79417°N 79.94194°W
Result	British victory
Belligerents
Great Britain; Hesse-Kassel;	United States; France;
Commanders and leaders
Sir Henry Clinton; Charles Cornwallis; Alexander Leslie; Mariot Arbuthnot;	Benjamin Lincoln ; William Moultrie; William Woodford; Abraham Whipple;
Strength
12,847 regulars and militia; 4,500 sailors; 6 ships of the line; 8 frigates; 4 armed galleys; 90 transports;	6,577 regulars, sailors and militia; 3 frigates; 5 sloops; 1 schooner; 1 brig; 3 armed galleys;
Casualties and losses
Land: 76 killed; 89 wounded; ; Sea: 23 killed; 28 wounded; ;	89 killed; 138 wounded; 5,466 captured;

The siege of Charleston was a major engagement and major British victory in the American Revolutionary War, fought in the environs of Charles Town (today Charleston), the capital of South Carolina, between March 29 and May 12, 1780. The British, following the collapse of their northern strategy in late 1777 and their withdrawal from Philadelphia in 1778, shifted their focus to the North American Southern Colonies. After approximately six weeks of siege, Major General Benjamin Lincoln, commanding the Charleston garrison, surrendered his forces to the British. It was one of the worst American defeats of the war.