In November 1775, just months after American and British troops traded musket fire at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, the first southern land battle of the Revolutionary War was fought at Ninety Six. Later, in 1781, the longest field siege of that war, lasting 28 days, took place at Ninety Six. After an unsuccessful final assault by the Patriots, American forces withdrew. One month later, the British abandoned Ninety Six, laying the fort and town to ruin. The siege site offers an opportunity to see Revolutionary War earthworks and understand how warfare was waged in the 1700s, while also providing insight into the strategies used by Lieutenant Colonel John Harris Cruger of the British Army and Major General Nathanael Greene of the American Continental Army.