Savannah Battle, Haitian Contribution, Haiti History
Savannah
The Siege of Savannah was a battle of the American Revolutionary War in 1779. The year before, Savannah, Georgia had been captured by a British expeditionary corps under Henry Clinton. The siege itself consisted of a joint Franco-American attempt to retake Savannah on October 9, 1779. In this assault Count Kazimierz Puaski, fighting on the US side, was mortally wounded. The attack failed, and the British would remain in control of Georgia until close to the end of the war.
The battle is much remembered in Haitian history, for it was here that a legion of several hundred free blacks from colonial Haiti fought on the French side. Henri Christophe, who later became king of independent Haiti, is thought to have been among these troops.
