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Siege of Savannah 1779 accounts and aftermath
A detailed casualty and operations log from the Siege of Savannah describes French and American bombardments, fortifications improved, and counterattacks. It notes heavy combat on September 3 4 5 6 7 8 with losses on both sides including officers like Major Glasier and Count d Estaing. Prevost and d Estaing exchange urgent dispatches concerning surrender terms and truces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fothins
Io River
Goth
Polatky
Otober
d’Estaing
Lincoln
D’elling
Ebenezer Road
Glasier
Abbatis
Wickham
7D 6Eth Grenadiers
Grenadiers
2D 71K
Hamilton
de Porbeck
Weiffenbach
South Carolina
Light Dragoons
Taws
Dragoons
d’Hutaing
M. de Fontagne
Count Polatky
Count O'Dunn
Prevost
Augustine Creek
Zableyte Ferry
Europe
Henry
Fowey
Brown
Rose
Lock
Crawford
Moncrief
Fraser
A&ing
General Prevost
France
Savannah
Hospital Hill
Lord Macartney
D’ Estaing
Camp Savannah
A. Prevost
Count D’estaing
Camp Bergg
Chevalier de Cambis
Themelves
Viscount de Noailles
Count de Dillon
Av Prevost
Gen. Lincoln