1780 Siege of Charlestown - Revolutionary War (Horizontal view) Frame:unframed Angel Oak The Angel Oak

Angel Oak The Angel Oak is an iconic symbol of the Charleston area

This map of 1872 Charleston portrays the city’s launch of a new era in the Lowcountry

drawn by Lowcountry Sketches artist Lowry Coe

a loss not rivaled in the US until Patton had to surrender the Philippines during World War II

1780 Siege of Charlestown - Revolutionary War (Horizontal view) Frame:unframed Angel Oak The Angel OakThis 1780 map depicts Charlestowne and the surrounding area when British commander Sir Henry Clinton, along with Lord Charles Cornwallis and 14,000 British soldiers, sailors, and marines, arrived with a plan to finally capture Charlestowne. The British had captured Savannah, Georgia in 1778, and in 1780, Clinton and Cornwallis decided they would move up the coast and attack Charlestowne from the land. The British landed at Edisto Inlet and marched