NINETY-SIX, FORT
\nˈa͡ɪntisˈɪks], \nˈaɪntisˈɪks], \n_ˈaɪ_n_t_i_s_ˈɪ_k_s]\
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Evacuation of, June 29, 1781. One by one the British had evacuated the strongholds in the interior of South Carolina. Fort Ninety-Six alone remained in their possession. This was strongly garrisoned and held out against Greene for twenty-eight days. Rawdon then appeared with 2000 men and Greene prudently retired. The British General, however, could not hold the fort and keep his army so far from the sea-board. Accordingly he evacuated it and retired upon Charleston.
By John Franklin Jameson
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