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The Siege Of Savannah

October 29, 2025

| 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Lectures | Beaufort County

Speaker: Coastal Heritage Society

This talk takes you through the timeline leading up to the Second Battle of Savannah—better known as the Siege of Savannah—on October 9, 1779. Learn about key figures involved, including Comte d’Estaing, Casimir Pulaski, Benjamin Lincoln, and William Jasper, along with British commander Augustine Prevost and his wife, Nanette, and local observer Elizabeth Lichtenstein. The lecture highlights French involvement, the order of battle, major casualties, and what the siege meant for the Revolutionary War in the South.