planning an attack on the fort, exploring places to position sharpshooters in the few remaining houses near the fort. On the night of June 3 the last remaining house exploded. Brown had sent sappers to undermine the house, expecting it to be used for such purposes, and the explosive charge had gone off before the building was occupied. Patriot forces lined up for assault on the morning of June 4, and Pickens and Lee sent in a surrender demand, which Brown turned down. In deference to the fact that it was the King's birthday, the attack was delayed one day. Surrender On June 5, Brown offered to negotiate terms of surrender. To avoid a repeat of Grierson's fate, he was specifically surrendered to a detachment of Continental Army troops from North Carolina, as a number of the local militia were interested in seeing him dead over his previous acts of brutality. Aftermath Brown survived the war, moving first to Florida and then the Bahamas. See also American Revolutionary War § War in the South places the siege of Augusta in overall sequence and strategic context. References Conflicts in 1781 1781 in the United States Augusta 1781 1781 in Georgia (U.S. state) History of Augusta, Georgia Battles of the American Revolutionary War in Georgia (U.S. state) Battles in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War 1780–1783