Isaac Anglin's Discharge from the Continental Army
Charleston, South Carolina April 29, 1780
Isaac Anglen of the 2d Virga Battaln
having faithfully servd Three yeares
in the Continental Armey the Term
which he was Inlisted for is hereby dischargd. Given at Charleston on this
29 day of April 1780.
Wm Woodford Brig Gen
By April 5, 1780, when British General Clinton demanded the surrender of Charleston,
the American General Woodford and his 700 Virginians, including Isaac Anglin, had just marched 500 miles in 28 days to support General Lincoln
in the defense of Charleston. On April 7, Clinton began shelling the town. On April 18, Lord Cornwallis arrived from New
York with three thousand men. On the same day, the Americans proposed a surrender, but their terms were not acceptable to
Clinton, so the siege and the bombardment continued. On April 29, Isaac Anglin was discharged, and he presumably began making his way
home. Before dawn on May 11, the Americans surrendered, but the British did not honor the terms of the agreement, and
many, including Gen. Woodford, died in the horrible conditions of the British prison ships. Isaac Anglin got back home to Greenbriar County, married, and had children.
During the time Isaac Anglin served in the Continental Army, the 2nd Virginia Battallion fought at Brandywine and Germantown, and spent the terrible winter at Valley Forge.
Isaac Anglin was about 17 when he enlisted and about 20 when he was discharged.
He is our 5x Great Uncle in our Parker Anglen line.
