Siege of Ninety Six

Siege of Ninety-Six
	Part of the American Revolutionary War
	; Lord Rawdon – lifted the Siege so the Loyalists could escape
Date	May 22 – June 19, 1781
Location	Ninety Six, South Carolina34°8′49″N 82°1′28″W
Result	British victory
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Nathanael Greene; Andrew Pickens; Henry Lee; Thaddeus Kosciuszko	John Cruger
Strength
1,000–1,500	550
Casualties and losses
57 killed; 70 wounded; 20 missing	27 killed; 58 wounded

The siege of Ninety Six was a siege in western South Carolina late in the American Revolutionary War. From May 22 to June 18, 1781, Continental Army Major General Nathanael Greene led 1,000 troops in a siege against the 550 Loyalists in the fortified village of Ninety Six, South Carolina. The 28-day siege centered on an earthen fortification known as Star Fort. Despite having more troops, Greene was unsuccessful in taking the town, and was forced to lift the siege when Lord Rawdon approached from Charleston with British troops.

The area is now protected as Ninety Six National Historic Site and was designated a National Historic Landmark. Many of the surviving Loyalists were later relocated by the Crown and granted land in Nova Scotia, where they named their township Rawdon to commemorate their rescuer.

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