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Last Battle of the Revolutionary War | Charleston News
In the final gasps of the Revolutionary War, a desperate British force in Charleston, South Carolina, sent out foraging parties—only to be ambushed by Tadeusz Kościuszko’s outnumbered Continentals. Though Kościuszko survived multiple musket balls and a shattered spear, his men were forced to retreat, and Captain William Wilmot, Greene’s key intelligence officer, fell in battle—becoming the last American officer to die in the war. Amid the chaos, an enslaved man named William Smith fought alongside the Continentals, was wounded, captured, and later died in British custody—revealing the bitter…
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