S. S. PROJECT

INTRO

• The Southern Campaign began with British concern over the course of the war in the North.
• The Lower South was ravaged as no other section.
• Brave and daring militia leaders played a crucial role in the War for Independence
• That it contained the tactical masterpiece of the entire war.

CHARLESTON

• The Battle of Charleston was one of the major battles which took place towards the end of the American Revolutionary War.
• It was between the British and the 13 colonies.
• He siege of Charlestown ended the battle.
• The British were stymied by the waiting strategy adopted by General George Washington leading the Continental

CAMDEN

• One of the Patriots biggest looses
• Many militia fled before even firing a shot and General Horatio Gates had no alternative but to retreat.
• There was 1000 men captured, 600 men wounded ,and 300 men killed for the US troops.
• British losses were staggering: 110 dead, over 200 wounded and 500 captured.

GUERRILLA WARFARE

• Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which a small group of combatants such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians or irregulars use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, etc.

KINGS MOUNTAIN

• The Battle of Kings Mountain was a decisive victory in South Carolina for the Patriot militia in the Southern campaign of the American Rev. War.
• Ferguson issued a challenge to the rebel militias to lay down their arms or suffer the consequences.
• In response, the Patriot militias rallied for an attack on Ferguson.
• After an hour of battle, Ferguson was fatally shot while trying to break the rebel line, after which his men surrendered.

COWPENS

• The Battle of Cowpens (January 17, 1781) was a decisive victory by Continental Army forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan in South Carolina over the British Army led by Colonel Banastre Tarleton, during the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War.
• On October 14, 1780, George Washington chose Nathanael Greene to be commander of the Southern Department of the Continental forces.
• Greene decided that his weak army was unable to meet the British in a standup fight he made the unconventional decision to divide his army.
• By Christmas Day Morgan had reached the Pacolet River he was joined by 60 South Carolina militia led by the experienced partisan Andrew Pickens.

YORKTOWN

• It was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops
• The battle boosted faltering American morale and revived French enthusiasm for the war, as well as undermining popular support for the conflict in Great Britain.

SUMMARY

• The importance of the southern campaign is that it was the turning point for the south.
• That it contained the tactical masterpiece of the entire war.
• It began with the British concern over the course of the war in the north.
• Brave and daring militia leaders played a crucial role in the War for Independence