The American Revolutionary War of 1779 - A Brief History

wayne led what looked an awful lot like a suicide mission when he stormed the british position from three directions in the middle of the night, using only bayonets. Amazingly, it took wayne's men just 30 minutes to capture the britishes position, while suffering almost no casualties. It was a small, but morale boosting victory for the americans who hadn't really had much to cheer about since saratoga. Clinton eventually sent some men up to retake it later in the summer, but by then, the britISH commander in chief was deep into planning the invasion of south carolina,. The whole back and forth over stony point wound up being a pointless