In 1781 and 1782, Britain battles the Kingdom of Mysore, headed by Hyder Ali in southern India. At the same time, Britain takes colonies from France and the Netherlands. French and British Navies fight multiple battles offshore for control of the subcontinent.

In 1781, A Spanish fleet, backed by the French Navy, takes the island of Menorca in the Mediterranean. The British garrison on the island holds out at Fort St. Phillip until early 1782.

At the beginning of 1782, both South Carolina and Georgia reestablish their state legislatures, primarily focused on the loyalists still in their states. General Sumter retires. John Laurens replaces Light Horse Harry Lee as the Continental Army's head of cavalry in South Carolina.

As 1781 comes to an end, South Carolina militia continue their back and fort attacks. General Greene uses the Continentals to for the British to abandon John's Island, just south of Charleston.

Loyalists rampage in South Carolina as the patriots tighten the noose around Charleston.

British efforts to hold North Carolina lead to loyalist David Fanning kidnapping the patriot Governor Thomas Burke. New of the British surrender at Yorktown arrives with orders for British Regulars to evacuate to Charleston.

Surrounded by the enemy and waiting for a relief fleet that never arrives. British General Cornwallis surrenders his army to the French and Continental Armies on October 19. 1781.

The Continental and French Armies lay siege to the British Army at Yorktown.

The French Fleet under Admiral De Grasse, and the British Fleet under Admiral Graves battle for control of the waters around Yorktown in September 1781.

General Washington and General Rochambeau struggle with logistical problems to get their armies from New York to Virginia.

General Greene leads the Southern Continental Army against the last British Army in South Carolina, outside of Charleston.

In September, 1781, Benedict Arnold leads a fleet from New York City to New London, Connecticut. His British forces burn the town and massacre the defenders of Fort Griswold.

I interview Gen. Jason Bohm about his book: Washington’s Marines: The Origins of the Corps and the American Revolution, 1775-1777

In the summer of 1781, the British and Dutch Navies do battle in the English Channel. Parliament is still confident that it can outlast its enemies. European leaders attempt to get the combatants to negotiate a peace, that may or may not recognize American independence.

Tom Hand, author of An American Triumph, and host Michael Troy discuss the American Revolution and the founding of the United States.

In the summer of 1781, the British in South Carolina seek to make an example of a patriot officer who violated his oath of allegiance to the king.

SC Militia attacks British at Quinby's Bridge and Parker's Ferry

Col. Marinus Willett struggles against raiders from Canada in 1781

Washington and Rochambeau consider an attack on New York City

In the summer of 1781, after raiding Virginia, General Cornwallis obeys orders from General Clinton to retreat to the coast. General Lafayette, after getting reinforcements under General Anthony Wayne, attacks the British rear near Green Spring, Virginia.

After withdrawing from Guilford Courthouse, General Cornwallis moves to Wilmington, NC. Rather than chasing Greene's Continentals back south, the British opt to move north into Virginia. They take Richmond and raid Monticello and Charlottesville.

Fort Ninety-Six is the final British hold-out in the South Carolina Backcountry in the summer of 1781.

General Thomas Sumter struggles to rebuild an army that can defeat the British in South Carolina and Georgia.

In May of 1781 Nathanael Greene's Continentals attakc British Outposts in SC.

Spring of 1781: the Spanish Army lays siege to the British at Fort George in Pensacola in West Florida