Major General Alexander Leslie, of the Army of Great Britain.  evacuates Charles Town (a.k.a. Charleston), South Carolina.

       [restored 9/4/2021]

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References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 33.

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