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Second Approach Trench
June 6, 1781
"Our approaches are going on but slowly owing to the want of men to dig."
General Nathanael Greene
Early in the siege Greene set up a roation to relieve the exhausted sappers. One team dug while another returned to camp ...
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Approach Trench
June 2, 1781
"Not a man could shew his head but what he was immediately shot down."
General Nathanael Green
Approach trenches, called saps, connected one parallel to the next. These angled ditches allowed troops to move toward the fort without taking direct ...
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