Charleston, South Carolina proved to be a backbone during the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution. The strategies, policies, and symbolism is to be explored. With a major port as well as a one of the wealthiest Southern cities, it became a want by the British, who were determined to do anything to possess the land. Through tactics and calculated maneuvering the British had captured Charleston in 1780. This gave them access to trade routes and to implement a home base in the Southern Region of the colonies. 

However, the southern resistance lived. British troops were liberated as the Patriots reclaimed their prized city. Leadership and unity posed as important pillars of Revolutionary warfare in the South. Battles were not only fought by armies or militias, but by communities. 

Our project reflects the hardships, struggles, and success Americans had in defending their beloved city against the British. It shows the American Revolution was not only a civil war in the South, but a revolt against a major world superpower.