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2. THE BATTLE OF SULLIVAN’S ISLAND TOOK PLACE IN CHARLSTON HARBOR. 4 YEARS BEFORE THE SERIOUS BRITISH EFFORT IN THE SOUTH. 13 COLONIES & REBELS WRESTLED CONTROL FROM ROYAL GOVENORS. 1776 – 2,200 BRITISH REGULARS ATTACKED SULLIVAN’S ISLAND.

3. THE BATTLE OF SULLIVAN’S ISLAND SIR WILLIAM HOWE, THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF NORTH AMERICA ORDERED SIR HENRY CLINTON TO SAIL SOUTH FROM BOSTON THROUGH THE CAPE FEAR RIVER TO NORTH CAROLINA. CLINTON’S PRIMARY OBJECTIVE WAS CHARLSTON CHARLSTON HAD THE MOST IMPORTANT PORT & WAS THE RICHEST CITY.

4. THE BATTLE OF SULLIVAN’S ISLAND IF BRITISH TOOK SULLIVAN’S ISLAND THE OCCUPIERS WOULD BE AS CUT OFF AND ISOLATED IN 1776 & UNION DEFENDERS OF FORT SUMTER WOULD BE IN 1861. THE ATTACK SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL 1749 DR. JOHN MOULTRIE MARRIED ELIZABETH DAMARIS DE ST. JULIEN.

5. THE BATTLE OF SULLIVAN’S ISLAND ONCE HE HAD AUTHORITY, LEE LENT A MUCH-NEEDED SENSE OF URGENCY TO THE IMPENDING CRISIS. WHEN HE INSPECTED FORT SULLIVAN HE WAS APPALLED AT WHAT HE SAW CALLED IT A “SLAUGHTER PEN”