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asa Democrat from 1835 to 1839, and from 1843 to 1849. He was Postmaster-General in Van Buren’s Cabinet from 1840 to 1841. Ninety-Six, Fort, Evacuation of, June 29, 1781. One by one the British had evacuated the strongholds in the interior of South Carolina. Fort Ninety-Six alone remained in their po e ion. This was strongly garrisoned and held out against Greene for twenty-eight days. Rawdon then appeared with 2,000 men and Greene prudently retired. The British General, however, could not hold the fort and keep his army so far from the sea-board. Accordingly he evacuated it and retired upon Charleston.