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Photographer: Anna Inbody
Taken: October 2, 2011
Caption: Inset on Marker
Additional Description: Major General Benjamin Lincoln (1733 - 1810) A native of Massachusetts, Lincoln was appointed to command the Continental Army in the South in September 1778, but arrived too late to participate in the Battle of Savannah in December of that year. In the fall of 1779, he commanded American troops at the Siege of Savannah but failed to capture the town. Lincoln directed the defense of Charleston in 1780 and was taken prisoner when the city and its defenders surrendered in May. The British released him on parole. Major General Benjamin Lincoln Engraving After Chappel by Johnson, Fry & Co., 1857, courtesy of South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina.
Submitted: November 1, 2011, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p179128
File Size: 0.462 Megabytes

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