Battle of Fort Sullivan

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On June 28, 1776, a British and Loyalist force seeking to capture Charleston advanced to Sullivan's Island with 9 ships and 2,500-3,000 infantry. The American defenders, 435 men under Col. William Moultrie of the 2nd S.C. Regiment, ...

Fort Sullivan

Here, between the Chemung and Susquehanna commanding both rivers, Gen. John Sullivan built a fort Aug. 18, 1779. With a camp on the flats, it was base for the central N.Y. campaign and defeat of the Tory-Indian alliance.

Marker is at ...

Fort Sullivan

Here

within the confines of

Fort Sullivan

were buried

August 14 1779

several soldiers

killed the previous day

in a skirmish at

Chemung

as attested

by Solomon Talada

soldier in the ranks

who returned

to live in Athens

the rest of his life

This statement

was corroborated

by finding skeletons

previous to 1839

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Fort Sullivan

Here

within the confines of

Fort Sullivan

were buried

August 14 1779

several soldiers

killed the previous day

in a skirmish at

Chemung

as attested

by Solomon Talada

soldier in the ranks

who returned

to live in Athens

the rest of his life

This statement

was corroborated

by finding skeletons

previous to 1839

Marker is at the intersection of ...