. The romance of lower Carolina; historic, romantic and traditional incidents of the Colonial and revolutionary eras. rfield, on theSantee River. To conceal him, the good ladieswrapped him in a roll of carpet and stored himaway in the garret. The British soldiers searchedvainly from attic to cellar. The colonel, unfortu-nately, was something of an epicure, and this weak-ness led to his discovery. He was particularly fondof turkey gizzards. Hearing a servant killing a tur-key in the yard, his appetite got the better of his 84 prudence, and he called out of the window to theservant to save the g
. The romance of lower Carolina; historic, romantic and traditional incidents of the Colonial and revolutionary eras. rfield, on theSantee River. To conceal him, the good ladieswrapped him in a roll of carpet and stored himaway in the garret. The British soldiers searchedvainly from attic to cellar. The colonel, unfortu-nately, was something of an epicure, and this weak-ness led to his discovery. He was particularly fondof turkey gizzards. Hearing a servant killing a tur-key in the yard, his appetite got the better of his 84 prudence, and he called out of the window to theservant to save the gizzard for him. His voice be-trayed his whereabouts, and he was soon made aprisoner. SIEGE OF CHARLESTOWN—1780 This attack by the British on Charlestown wasrather different from that of 1776, and more re-sembled that made by Prevost in 1779. The Brit-ish approached via James Island and the west sideof the Ashley River, crossed that river above theCity, moved down the peninsula, and laid fleet did not engage Fort Moultrie, but sailedpast, not injured by the heavy fire, and anchoredofif Fort Horn Work, Defencea of Charlestown, 1780. The City had defences all along the water front,which prevented any landing from the fleet. Thelines on the land side ran across the neck on theridge just north of (now) Calhoun Street. The 85 City Gate was at King Street, and on each sidewas a strong fortress called Horn Work, facedwith tabby^*^. A remnant of this tabby ofhorn work now stands near the Citadel Building,on the King Street side. The enemy threw bombs, shells, carcasses, fireballs into the City, largely damaging property, andcausing many fires. Families had to find safety intheir cellars. A family occupied the small brickhouse on Calhoun Street, just west of the presentColumbus Hall^^. The father had obtained leaveto visit his family. As he entered the house andembraced his wife, a cannon ball from the enemykilled both, dying in each others arms. After years broug
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