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Lecture – American Prisoners of War in the Revolutionary South
April 19, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Carl P. Borick, director of the Charleston Museum and author of Relieve us of this Burthen: American Prisoners of War in the Revolutionary South, discusses the fates of nearly 6,000 men captured during the Siege of Charleston in 1780 and the role they played in the British failure in the South during the Revolutionary War. Free admission.