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History with ‘Hud’: Remembering when British troops overtook Wilmington for months in 1781
General Charles Cornwallis and his men ... into Virginia with their surrender at Yorktown coming months later. Following the surrender on October 19, 1781, the local British forces decided to ...
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(WHTM) — It’s 1781. In Yorktown, Virginia, a British army under the command of Major General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, surrenders to a combined force of Americans under ...
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Many Virginia soldiers saw their first action in North Carolina. Their ‘loss’ at Guilford Court House actually led toward victory at Yorktown.
Lord Cornwallis overcame three lines of Patriots, including thousands of Virginians, on the northern North Carolina ...