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Near this spot during the ill-fated assault by American and French forces on the British lines on October 9, 1779, two notable heroes of the American Revolution were mortally wounded. Brig. Gen. Casimir Pulaski, the famous Polish patriot, was fatally struck by grapeshot as he rode forward into heavy fire from the British defenses in this area. Sergeant William Jasper fell a short distance west while attempting to plant the colors of the 2nd Regiment of South Carolina Continentals upon British entrenchments. Hundreds of soldiers of America and France, including the French commander-in-chief, Count d'Estaing, also shed their blood here in the cause of Liberty.
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Savannah, Georgia · United States
