Editing Charles Lee (general) (section)

===Southern command===
{{Main|Battle of Sullivan's Island}}
Lee also received various other titles: in 1776, he was named commander of the so-called Canadian Department, although he never got to serve in this capacity.<ref name="anb"/><ref name="DNB"/><ref name="appleton"/> He was appointed as the first commander of the [[Departments of the Continental Army|Southern Department]].<ref name="anb"/><ref name="DNB"/><ref name="appleton"/> He served in this post for six months, until he was recalled to the main army. During his time in the South, the British sent an expedition under [[Henry Clinton (American War of Independence)|Henry Clinton]] to recover [[Charleston, South Carolina]].<ref name="DNB"/><ref name="appleton"/> Lee oversaw the fortification of the city.<ref name="anb"/> Fort Sullivan was a fortification built out of [[Sabal palmetto|palmetto]] logs, later named for commander Col. William Moultrie.<ref name="DNB"/><ref name="appleton"/> Lee ordered the army to evacuate the fort because as he said it would only last thirty minutes and all soldiers would be killed.<ref name="allen185">Allen, p. 185</ref> Governor John Rutledge forbade Moultrie to evacuate and the fort held.<ref name="DNB"/><ref name="appleton"/> The spongy palmetto logs repelled the cannonball from the British ships.<ref name="allen186">Allen, p. 186</ref> The [[Battle of Sullivan's Island|assault on Sullivan's Island]] was driven off, and Clinton abandoned his attempts to capture the city. Lee was acclaimed as the "hero of Charleston", although according to some American accounts the credit for the defense was not his.<ref name="DNB"/><ref name="appleton"/>