Isaac Hayne
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Isaac Hayne He was one of the most prominent Americans to be executed by the British during the American War of Independence.
Colonel Isaac Hayne commanded an American rebel raid which captured Brigadier-General Andrew Williamson
an American Loyalist. Colonel Nisbet Balfour
, the British commander in Charleston during the 1781 siege of Charlestown, fearing that Williamson would he hanged as a traitor, sent a column to intercept the raiding party. The interception was successful. There was a skirmish resulting in the defeat of the raiding party, the release of Williamson and the capture of Hayne.
Isaac Hayne, although a prisoner of war, was sentenced to death by hanging by the British, because in the opinion of the British court martial, he had broken his earlier parole not to take up arms against the Crown
. It was also thought his death would send a message to rising patriots to stop protesting, while the death of Isaac instead infuriated Charleston patriots even more.
Colonel Isaac Hayne commanded an American rebel raid which captured Brigadier-General Andrew Williamson
Andrew Williamson (soldier)
Andrew Williamson was a Brigadier-General in the Continental Army in the American War of Independence.Williamson was born in Scotland. As a youngster he emigrated with his parents to British Colonial America and settled in Ninety Six, South Carolina. Williamson grew up to became a prominent...
an American Loyalist. Colonel Nisbet Balfour
Nisbet Balfour
Major-General Nisbet Balfour was a British soldier in the American War of Independence and later a Scottish Member of Parliament in the British Parliament....
, the British commander in Charleston during the 1781 siege of Charlestown, fearing that Williamson would he hanged as a traitor, sent a column to intercept the raiding party. The interception was successful. There was a skirmish resulting in the defeat of the raiding party, the release of Williamson and the capture of Hayne.
Isaac Hayne, although a prisoner of war, was sentenced to death by hanging by the British, because in the opinion of the British court martial, he had broken his earlier parole not to take up arms against the Crown
The Crown
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. It was also thought his death would send a message to rising patriots to stop protesting, while the death of Isaac instead infuriated Charleston patriots even more.