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Feb – 400 Fusiliers arrive in SC under Gen Sir Henry Clinton for expedition against Charleston, SC
(Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain 1727 – 1783, vol. VI, pg 204)
(Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain 1727 – 1783, vol. V, pg 13)

 March – Siege of Charleston

 May – Charleston falls to British

“Return of the Killed and Wounded of the Troops under the Command of His Excellency General Sir Henry CLINTON from their debarkation in So. Carolina the 11th February to the Surrender of Charlestown 12th May 1780. …

… 7th Regiment - 1 Rank & file Killed; 2 Rank & file Wounded. “
(Great Britain, Public Record Office, Colonial Office, Class 5, Volume 99, folio 246. Found on www.royalprovincial.com)

After the fall of Charlestown, the 7th, 63rd, and 64th Regiments, under General Patterson, were detailed to form the garrison of Charleston.
(http://freenet.vcu.edu/sigs/reg64/64th_sketch.html)

“Return of Drivers Horses & Waggons furnished by the Quarter Master General, for the General and Staff Officers and the Several Corps and Detachments of the Army in the District of South Carolina By order of His Excellency the Commander in Chief 1st June 1780. “
(University of Michigan, William L. Clements Library, Sir Henry Clinton Papers, Volume 102, item 47. Found on www.royalprovincial.com)

Distribution Drivers Horses Waggons Detachment of the 7th Regiment 1 4 1

17 Dec - the regiment is engaged in the “Battle” of Halfway Swamp and Singleton’s Mill.

Maj. Robert McLeroth and his 64th Regiment were escorting some 200 recruits of the 7th Foot from Charleston to Camden when they encountered the rebel General Francis Marion and his troops.
(http://www.clarendoncounty.com/cccoc/halfwayswamp.html)

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