The siege of Augusta took place between May 22 and June 6, 1781, during the American Revolutionary War. 1,600 Patriot troops, led by Brigadier General Andrew Pickens and Lieutenant Colonel Henry Lee III successfully besieged Augusta, Georgia, which was defended by 600 Loyalist troops under Thomas Brown. Fort Cornwallis, the primary Loyalist defence, was successfully exposed to cannon fire by the construction of a tower 30 feet (9.1 m) high on which the Patriots mounted a small cannon, resulting in Brown surrendering on June 6.
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