During a battle near this city, William Jasper received a mortal wound while raising his regiment's flag, but was able to bring the colors to safety before dying.
During a battle near this city, William Jasper received a mortal wound while raising his regiment's flag, but was able to bring the colors to safety before dying. At that battle, an assault on this city was repelled when the attacking army failed to capture the Spring Hill redoubt. This city was defended by Fort McAllister during the Civil War. The Comte d'Estaing and a detachment of free Africans from Saint-Domingue participated in an assault on this city, which was defended by British general Augustin PrÃ©vost. That 1779 American siege of this city, which was led by (*) Benjamin Lincoln, led to the death of Casimir Pulaski. William Hardee organized a military evacuation of this city, which was blockaded after Union ships captured a fort on Tybee Island. Alo ng with "25,000 bales of cotton," a general presented this city as a "Christmas gift" to Abraham Lincoln at the end of a campaign he had begun in Atlanta. For 10 points, name this Georgia city captured at the end of Sherman's "March to the Sea."
During a battle near this city, William Jasper received a mortal wound while raising his regiment's flag, but was able to bring the colors to safety before dying.
Savannah