• The War Moves South (And Benedict Arnold Commits Treason)

  • Mar 22 2020
  • Length: 39 mins
  • Podcast

The War Moves South (And Benedict Arnold Commits Treason) cover art

The War Moves South (And Benedict Arnold Commits Treason)

Listen for free

View show details

  • Summary

  • In 1788, the battle lines of the Revolutionary War moved from New England to the southern colonies. Lord George Germain, the British secretary responsible for the war, wrote to Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton that capturing the southern colonies was "considered by the King as an object of great importance in the scale of the war" Germain and the king believed that the majority of southern colonists were loyalists and that if the British army could take key parts of the South, Loyalists would rise up to join the British and at the very least, the southern colonies could be brought back into the empire. In September 1778, the Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Lincoln as the commander of Continental forces in the South. In November of that year, British forces conducted several raids into Georgia. The next month, a force of about 3000 British regulars under Archibald Campbell arrived and captured Savannah on December 29. They took Augusta a month later but soon withdrew due to the presence of American forces nearby.
    Show more Show less
activate_primeday_promo_in_buybox_DT
Show more Show less

What listeners say about The War Moves South (And Benedict Arnold Commits Treason)

Average Customer Ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.ca reviews

Amazon Reviews
No reviews are available