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16 de abr. de 2024 · The Battle of Camden (16 August 1780) was a major battle of the southern theater of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). It saw a British army under Lord Charles Cornwallis decisively defeat an American force under General Horatio Gates, thereby securing British control of South Carolina and allowing Cornwallis to invade North Carolina.
Hace 6 días · 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. Battle of Guilford Court House. H. Charles McBarron (Public Domain)
29 de abr. de 2024 · On 6 May 1688, Anne married Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, with whom she later had three children: Lady Anne Scott (d. 1690), who died young. Lord George Scott (1692–1693), who died young. Lady Isabella Scott (d. 1747/8). Anne died in 1732, aged 80; her titles passed to her grandson Francis, the son of James, Earl of ...
15 de abr. de 2024 · Clinton sent his second-in-command, Lord Charles Cornwallis, in pursuit of Buford's Virginians on 18 May. Buford, however, had had several days' head start, and Cornwallis realized his foot soldiers would be unable to catch the Continentals before they could cross over into the safety of North Carolina.
4 de may. de 2024 · Elizabeth Fox (c. 1655 – 28 February 1681), born at Tunbridge Wells, who in Westminster Abbey on 27 December 1673 married Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis (1655 – 29 April 1698), of Brome Hall in Suffolk. Her great-grandson was General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis.
2 de may. de 2024 · Conclusion: British Victory. Southern theater, 1775-83. 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.
Hace 4 días · CAPTURES. On 19 March, Maj. Charles Magill reported to Gov. Jefferson that Cornwallis had taken custody of 75 wounded Americans. “Return of ordnance, ammunition, and arms, taken at the battle of Guildford, March 15, 1781. Brass Ordnance: Mounted on travelling carriages, with limbers and boxes complete, 4 six-pounders.
