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Jun 24, 2024 · After a series of reverses and the depletion of his forces’ strength, the British commander in the southern colonies, General Lord Cornwallis, moved his army from Wilmington, North Carolina, eastward to Petersburg, Virginia, on the Atlantic coast, in May 1781.
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Jun 25, 2024 · Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis KG (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805), styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as The Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator.
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- December 31, 1738
- Jemima Tullekin Cornwallis
- October 5, 1805
Jun 24, 2024 · Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis As it happened, Clinton did not insist that his cautious policy be executed in the southern states. He permitted Lord Cornwallis to embark upon aggressive adventures in the southern interior, for there were many loyalists in the Carolinas and Georgia , and the patriot forces ...
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6 days ago · 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.
3 days ago · Lord Cornwallis had been charged by Pitt with the reorganization of Bengal under the new act. Besides being a soldier of distinction, Cornwallis was a man of outstanding integrity, a landlord with rural tastes, and an instinctive Whig. Cornwallis first undertook a cleansing of the existing system.
Jul 1, 2024 · Charles Cornwallis, fourth Baron Cornwallis, 1720–2; Charles Cornwallis, fifth Baron (later first Earl) Cornwallis, 1722–31; Ralph Verney, second Earl Verney, 1747–58; Sir William Dalbin, baronet, 1758–60; Catherine, Duchess of Devonshire, widow of third Duke, 1768–77.
Jun 10, 2024 · Cornwallis caught up with Greene at the Battle of Guilford Court House (17 March 1781), winning a pyrrhic victory; Greene, following Washington's example, managed to slip away with his army intact, depriving Cornwallis of a decisive victory.
