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“I gave my parole once…”
On the morning of August 27, 1780 there was a knock on the door of the Charleston, South Carolina residence of Christopher Gadsden, lieutenant governor of South Carolina. He had stayed when the city capitulated to British forces in May. … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Civilian, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, National Park Service
Tagged 1780, British, Castillo de San Marcos, Charleston, Christopher Gadsden, Emerging Revolutionary War, Lord Charles Cornwallis, National Park Service, Phillip S. Greenwalt, South Carolina, St. Augustine
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Emerging Revolutionary War Era 