“Charles Town had known about the planned invasion for months — the British were coming.
Still, the city wasn’t prepared when nine warships from the Royal Navy sailed into view just after 9 a.m. on June 28, 1776. Col. William Moultrie’s fort on Sullivan’s Island wasn’t finished, his troops weren’t battle-tested … and they were short on gunpowder.”
Read the rest of Brian Hicks column here.
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