The Capture of Savannah , or sometimes the First Battle of Savannah ( because of a siege in 1779 ) , was an American Revolutionary War battle fought Hostile_encounter on December 29 , 1778 pitting local American Patriot militia and Continental Army units , holding the city , against a British invasion force under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell .

The latter was only occupied Control by Campbell for a few weeks before he retreated Escaping back to Savannah , citing insufficient Loyalist and Native American support and the threat of Patriot forces across the Savannah River in South Carolina .

The Patriot War was a conflict Hostile_encounter along the Canada–United States border where bands of raiders attacked Attack the British colony of Upper Canada more than a dozen times between December 1837 and December 1838 .

The Siege of Savage 's Old Fields ( also known as the First Siege of Ninety Six , November 19–21 , 1775 ) was an encounter Hostile_encounter between Patriot and Loyalist forces in the back country town of Ninety Six , South Carolina , early in the American Revolutionary War .

Patriot forces under the command Control of Major Andrew Williamson had been dispatched Arranging to the area to recover a shipment of gunpowder and ammunition intended for the Cherokees that had been seized Hold by Loyalists .

After two days the Loyalists withdrew Escaping , having lost Earnings_and_losses four killed Killing and 20 wounded Bodily_harm to one Patriot killed Killing and 12 wounded Bodily_harm .

The Patriots also withdrew Escaping toward the coast , but a major Patriot expedition not long after resulted in Causation the arrest Arrest or flight of most of the Loyalist leadership .

The Upper Canada Rebellion was largely defeated Conquering shortly after it began Process_start , although resistance lingered Temporary_stay until 1838 ( and became Becoming more violent ) - mainly through the support Supporting of the Hunters ' Lodges , a secret anti-British , US-based militia that emerged Coming_to_be around the Great Lakes , and launched Process_start the Patriot War in 1838-39 .