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Hace 19 horas · After a string of victories early in 1781, Greene had forced British Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis to the coast of North Carolina to regroup and resupply. Greene hoped to draw Cornwallis back to the interior to engage him further, but when Cornwallis did not fall for the bait, Greene turned south to reclaim South Carolina.
Hace 1 día · by Harrison W. Mark. published on 24 April 2024. The Battle of Cowpens (17 January 1781) was a decisive battle in the southern theater of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). It saw a detachment of Continental soldiers and Patriot militia under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat a British force under Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton.
Hace 5 días · 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 2 días · From 1775-1782, 860 Kentuckians were killed in countless fights and skirmishes, proportionally the greatest loss of life of any region in the American Revolution. While an average of ten people died for every 1,000 persons in the thirteen colonies, in Kentucky seventy died per 1,000 residents. George Rogers Clark was only thirty when the Treaty ...
Hace 5 días · Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis had left 1,400 British troops under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Mawhood in Princeton, New Jersey. Following a surprise victory at the Battle of Trenton early in the morning of December 26, 1776, General George Washington of the Continental Army and his council of war expected a ...
Hace 1 día · The Battle of Brandywine, fought on September 11, 1777, was Lafayette’s first major combat experience. He also played a crucial role in helping to get more resources for the Revolutionary War from the French. Lafayette also fought at the Battle of Barren Hill (now called Lafayette Hill) on May 20, 1778. This battle helped prevent British ...
Hace 1 día · General Charles Cornwallis that spring dispatched a cavalry force led by Banastre Tarleton to capture Jefferson and members of the Assembly at Monticello, but Jack Jouett of the Virginia militia thwarted the British plan. Jefferson escaped to Poplar Forest, his plantation to the west.
