[DOC] [TLE] Benjamin Lincoln - Wikipedia [PAR] Benjamin Lincoln (January 24, 1733 (O.S. January 13, 1732)  May 9, 1810) was 
an American army officer. He served as a major general in the Continental Army 
during the American ... 1st Collector of the Port of Boston .... After the British 
evacuated Boston, he and Continental Army General Artemas Ward oversaw 
attempts... [DOC] [TLE] Siege of Charleston - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Charleston was one of the major battles which took place toward the 
end of the American Revolutionary War, after the British began to shift their 
strategic focus to the American Southern Colonies. After about six weeks of siege
, Continental Army Major General Benjamin Lincoln surrendered forces ... Clinton 
compelled Lincoln to surrender on May 12, refusing to grant them the... [DOC] [TLE] The American Revolution in South Carolina - The Siege of ... [PAR] The siege lasted until May 9th when British artillery fire was close enough to set 
the ... His goal was to capture Charlestown, South Carolina - now that Savannah 
had ... the Patriot commander Major General Benjamin Lincoln surrender, which 
he did. ... On May 12th, the actual surrender took place with Major General 
Lincoln... [DOC] [TLE] War in the South - OpenStax CNX [PAR] General Benjamin Lincoln, who led the effort for the revolutionaries, had to 
surrender his entire force, the largest American loss during the entire war. ... 
Image (a) shows a 1780 British map of Charleston with details of the locations ... 
of Camden, South Carolina, in August 1780, Cornwallis forced General Gates to 
retreat into... [DOC] [TLE] Siege of Charleston | American Revolution [1780] | Britannica.com [PAR] Siege of Charleston, (1780) during the American Revolution, British land and sea 
campaign that cut off and forced the surrender of Charleston, S.C., the principal 
port city of the ... Benjamin Lincoln. ... On May 12 Lincoln was forced to surrender. 
... South Carolina [U.S.] September 27, 1805 Charleston American general who... [DOC] [TLE] Southern Strategy  George Washington's Mount Vernon [PAR] France's subsequent entry into the war in February 1778 forced the British to 
reevaluate ... at Charleston, an American-held city since the start of the 
Revolution, in May 1780. ... by British land and naval forces, American General 
Benjamin Lincoln, ... American Major General William Moultrie of South Carolina, 
who aided the... [DOC] [TLE] Maj. Gen. Benjamin Lincoln (Continental Army) - Geni [PAR] Mar 21, 2015 ... Genealogy for Benjamin Lincoln (1733 - 1810) family tree on Geni, with ... 
General Cornwallis did not attend the surrender ceremony (Oct 19,1781). ... In 
March the city was surrounded by a sizable British force dispatched from the 
northern colonies. ... Lincoln Street in downtown Columbia, South Carolina. [DOC] [TLE] Image: Militiamen on the long ride to Kings Mountain in 1780. [PAR] Only one Spanish ship manages to return to the safety of the port of Cadiz. ... The 
British commence an attack upon Charleston, South Carolina ... Neither Clinton 
nor the American commander, General Benjamin Lincoln, displays any ... After 
the surrender of Charleston on May 12, the 3rd Virginia, commanded by Colonel
... [DOC] [TLE] NPS Historical Handbook: Kings Mountain - National Park Service [PAR] Dec 2, 2002 ... Conquest of Georgia and South Carolina ... Gen. Earl Charles Cornwallis, British 
commander in the South, 178081. ... The ports of Savannah and Charleston 
were vitally needed to ... the city with overwhelming numbers and forced the 
surrender of Gen. Benjamin Lincoln's American garrison on May 12. [DOC] [TLE] Americans suffer worst defeat of revolution at Charleston - May 12 ... [PAR] After a siege that began on April 2, 1780, Americans suffer their worst defeat of 
the ... surrender of Major General Benjamin Lincoln to British Lieutenant General 
Sir ... South Carolina was a deeply divided state, and the British presence let 
loose ... of surrendering to the British at Charleston, Major General Lincoln was 
able to... [DOC] [TLE] American Revolutionary War: Battle of King's Mountain | HistoryNet [PAR] His first target was the major

Question: In May of 1780, Gen. Benjamin Lincoln was forced to surrender this South Carolina port to the British
Answer: Charleston