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6 de mai. de 2024 · Fought near Greensboro, North Carolina, it was a pyrrhic victory for the British army under Lord Charles Cornwallis, which narrowly defeated Major General Nathanael Greene and the Southern Continental Army at the cost of 25% casualties.
Há 4 dias · Charles, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, eldest son of the 1st Earl Cornwallis, was born in 1738. At the age of 18 he was appointed ensign, and in 1758–9 served as aide-de-camp to Granby in Germany, being present at the battle of Minden. In 1761 he was made lieutenant-colonel and saw much active service.
Há 5 dias · Charles, Earl Cornwallis, now coolly deploying his troops, was a scion of English nobility. a professional soldier and every inch an aristocrat. A basic shift in England's strategy for suppressing the American rebellion had brought both men from commands in the northern colonies to this field.
24 de abr. de 2024 · Under the command of Lord Charles Cornwallis, the British then set about pacifying the rest of South Carolina. This sparked a bloody regional civil war, as the state's Patriot and Loyalist militias brutalized one another in the South Carolina backcountry.
Há 4 dias · Lieut. Gen. Charles Lord Cornwallis; Maj. Gen. Alexander Leslie, second in command. Brig. Gen. Howard, serving as a volunteer. Leslie Division (right wing) 1st Bttn., Guards, Lieut. Col. Chapel Norton; Thomas Baker gives the 1st Bttn., Guards rank and file strength as 200, Lumpkin as 241. 2nd Bttn., 71st Regt., probably Maj. Simon Fraser
13 de mai. de 2024 · Camden was Lt. Gen. Charles Cornwallis's most important interior garrison and logistical supply depot. Camden was a small but strategically located crossroads town by the Wateree River and Catawba Indian Trail and was about 115 miles northwest of Charleston.
30 de abr. de 2024 · The result of the campaign was the surrender of the British Army force of General Charles Earl Cornwallis, an event that led directly to the beginning of serious peace negotiations and the eventual end of the war.
