Siege of Ninety Six

On April 22nd, 1781, Patriot Gen. Nathanael Greene’s army of 1,600 men laid siege to the British fort at Ninety Six. He employed traditional siege tactics, such as digging trenches and bombarding the fort with artillery, but he couldn’t compel the British to surrender. As Col. Francis Rawdon’s 2,000-strong British relief column approached, Greene was forced to abandon the siege.