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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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British forces evacuate Charleston, SC, in December 1782, destroying fortifications and embarking troops and loyalists on a fleet of about 200 transports bound mainly for Jamaica, as reported in a letter from New Bern, NC.
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Extract of a letter dated Newbern, North-Carolina, Dec. 21. 1782.
"On the 12th instant, the transports fell down to five fathom Hole, except about 20, which remained before Charlestown, covered by the Hornet sloop of war. The king's troops and disaffected inhabitants were mostly on board, and the embarkation would probably be complete by the 18th. The half moon battery on Shute's-Folly, opposite the town, as well as the out-works of the British, were destroyed. The fortifications in and about Charlestown dismantled, and the platform of Moultrie carried on ship-board. General Greene lay three miles from the town, and flags were going and coming constantly: the fleet consisted of about 200 transports, the Adamant and Roebuck, Narcissus, Carolina, Hornet and Bellisarius sloops of war, the principal part of which, with the king's troops, were said to be bound for Jamaica, the black troop of refugees to St. Augustine, and some few for New-York and England."
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Charlestown
Event Date
Dec. 12 18, 1782
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fortifications dismantled and destroyed; embarkation of king's troops and disaffected inhabitants; fleet bound for jamaica, st. augustine, new-york, and england.
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Transports moved to five fathom Hole; about 20 remained before Charlestown covered by Hornet sloop; half moon battery on Shute's-Folly and British out-works destroyed; Moultrie platform carried on ship-board; General Greene positioned three miles from town with constant flag communications; fleet of 200 transports and several sloops of war.