GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Charles Cornwallis, the great tactical general revered worldwide, suffered the greatest losses of his life in what would become the United States of America. “It’s not good ...

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British General Charles Cornwallis ordered the burning of a Continental Army barracks in Colonial Williamsburg in 1781. What he hoped to destroy forever was recently found by archaeologists, giving ...

Oct. 19 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1781, Britain's Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered with more than 7,000 troops to Gen. George Washington at Yorktown, Va., effectively ending the American ...

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