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27 de mar. de 2024 · Article. The Siege of Charleston (29 March to 12 May 1780) was a major military operation during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Hoping to establish a foothold in the American South, British commander-in-chief Sir Henry Clinton led an attack on Charleston, South Carolina, capturing the city after a six-week siege.
Clinton, Henry. CLINTON, HENRY. (1730–1795). British commander in chief, 1778–1782. Clinton was born on 16 April 1730 to a naval officer who was related by marriage to the first duke of Newcastle. In 1741 Newcastle obtained for Clinton's father promotion to admiral and the governorship of New York, where the family lived from 1743.
The Henry Clinton Papers arrived in the United States in the mid-1920s and a decade and a half later they were opened for research at the William L. Clements Library. The Sir Henry Clinton (British Army Headquarters) Papers reside at the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan. This collection of letters, documents and maps ...
Henry Clinton was born on April 16, 1730, in Newfoundland, Canada. The son of George Clinton, a naval officer who served as royal governor of Newfoundland, Henry Clinton went to London in 1749 and was commissioned in the British army in 1751. After serving in Europe in the Seven Years’ War, he went to North America in 1775 as second in ...
6 de mar. de 2019 · Written between 29 September and 27 October 1792, and addressed to George, Prince of Wales, they contain an analysis of Allied military prospects. What makes them interesting is the identity of the author, Sir Henry Clinton. Clinton is best known as Commander-in-Chief of British military forces in America from 1778 to 1782.
Summary Creator: Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795 Abstract: The Henry Clinton papers contain the correspondence, records, and maps of Henry Clinton, who served under Thomas Gage and William Howe between 1775 and 1778, and was commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America from 1778 to 1782.
Henry Clinton. Henry Clinton may refer to: Henry Clinton, 2nd Earl of Lincoln (1539–1616), English peer, styled Lord Clinton from 1572 to 1585. Henry Clinton, 7th Earl of Lincoln (1684–1728), uncle of Sir Henry Clinton (1730–1795) Sir Henry Clinton (British Army officer, born 1730) (General, 1730–1795), general during the American War ...
