Packet 9: Tossup 9

Elizabeth Lichtenstein Johnston described her mother’s decision to let her sons fight during a battle in this city as the “heroism of the mother” in a book on the “Recollections of a Loyalist.” The Black Loyalist Scipio Handley was injured during a battle in this city, which was reinforced by John Maitland’s troops hours before it started. A monument in this city commemorates William Jasper’s death while fastening a standard. During a battle in this city, a young Henri Christophe may have served as a drummer in the Chasseurs-Volontaires de Saint-Domingue (“shass-URR vo-lon-TAIR duh san-doh-MANG”). The Count d’Estaing (“dess-STAN”) ordered an assault during a battle in this city that led to the death of Casimir Pulaski. (10[1])This city was designed with a grid-like design known as the Oglethorpe Plan. For 10 points, a failed 1779 siege targeted what Georgia port city? ■END■

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