Military
In June 1781, while General Greene's tired troops laid siege to the Star Fort on the north side of Ninety Six, Patriot Lieutenant Colonel Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee and his Continental troops arrived on the west side of Ninety Six to lend support. Accompanying Lee was Brigadier General Andrew Pickens, commanding 400 South Carolina militiamen. Lee's mission was to capture the Loyalist stockade fort for the Patriots. His initial attempt did not succeed. At noon on June 18, as part of Greene's final assault on the Star Fort, Lee's men attacked again and easily breached the stockade walls, but their success was short-lived. Greene's failure to take the Star Fort forced all Patriot troops to make a swift exit from Ninety Six before British reinforcements arrived.
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Ninety Six, South Carolina · United States
