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Battle of Camden
The Battle of Camden resulted in a major victory for the British. Consequently, Gen. Nathanael Greene succeeded Horatio Gates as commander of the Southern Army.
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British captured Charleston
After a major naval bombardment, Charleston fell to the British.
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Battle of Eutaw Springs
The Battle of Eutaw Springs, South Carolina, led to the British retreat to Charleston.
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British surrender at Yorktown
American and French forces under General Lafayette attacked the British at Yorktown, Virginia. It was the last major battle of the Revolution. On October 17, 1781, British general Charles Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington.
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Newburgh Conspiracy
In the Newburgh Conspiracy, Continental officers who had long been waiting to receive pensions and back pay from Congress threatened to revolt against a “country that tramples on your rights.” Washington convinced military leaders to resist sedition.
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Battle of Belleau Wood
American marines earned a victory for the French at the Battle of Belleau Wood. In twenty days of fighting, US forces suffered record casualties—9,777 by the battle’s end.
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Meuse-Argonne offensive
American forces took part in the forty-seven-day Meuse-Argonne offensive. The Allies advanced through the Argonne Forest and pushed the German line back until, cornered and with no hope for success, the Germans agreed to cease fire and an armistice on November 11.
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John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown, with allies including five black men, led an armed abolitionist raid on the Harpers Ferry arsenal in Virginia. Two days later the US Army, led by Colonel Robert E. Lee, stormed Harpers Ferry and captured Brown.
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Pottawatomie Creek Massacre
In reprisal for the Sack of Lawrence and the attack on Charles Sumner, John Brown and six companions murdered five pro-slavery men at Pottawatomie Creek in Kansas. A war of reprisals left 200 dead in “Bleeding Kansas.”