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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquis and 2nd Earl Cornwallis

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Archaeologists Accidentally Found the Incredible Lost Remnants of America's First Soldiers

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 ...
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Charles Cornwallis, First Marquis and Second Earl Cornwallis

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THE SURRENDER AT YORKTOWN

On Oct. 19, 1781, British Gen. Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of about 8,000 men to Gen. George Washington at Yorktown, giving up any chance of winning the Revolutionary War. Cornwallis had ...
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This Day in History: A surrender by the British army in Yorktown ends Revolutionary War

On this day in 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of about 8,000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown. Cornwallis marched his army into the Virginia port town ...