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CORNWALLIS PAPERSThe Campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in The Southern Theatre of the American Revolutionary War Vol 4 (Paperback, New)
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CORNWALLIS PAPERSThe Campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in The Southern Theatre of the American Revolutionary War Vol 4 (Paperback, New)
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Volume I (1st April to 15th August 1780) begins with Cornwallis's
involvement in the siege of Charlestown and his consolidation of
British authority in South Carolina. It ends as British ascendancy
there begins so soon to unravel in the face of internal uprisings
and an external threat.Volume II (16th August to 31st October 1780)
covers the Battle of Camden and the autumn campaign, including
Ferguson's advance into North Carolina, his defeat at King's
Mountain, and the ensuing abandonment of the campaign. Also covered
are the assault on Augusta and Wemyss' and Moncrief's expeditions
to the east of the Wateree and Santee.Volume III (1st November 1780
to 31st January 1781) deals with Cornwallis's refitment at
Winnsborough, his uphill and largely unrewarding struggle to put
South Carolina into a better state of defence, and the commencement
of the winter campaign. Events taking place were Tarleton's foray
east of the Wateree, the actions at Fishdam and Blackstocks, and
the Battle of Cowpens.Volume IV (1st February to 19th May 1781)
outlines the disastrous winter campaign, the pyrrhic victory at
Guilford, and Cornwallis's refitment at Wilmington. It ends with
his march to Virginia, the absurdity of which is addressed.Volume V
(20th May to 22nd July 1781) recounts the short Virginia campaign
and continues with Clinton's countermanded requisition of troops
for the defence of New York or a raid on Philadelphia. It concludes
with his request that a post protecting ships of the line be
occupied on Williamsburg Neck even if it required all the force
present in Virginia. Further evidence comes to light that it would
have been perfectly feasible for Cornwallis to return overland from
Wilmington to South Carolina.Volume VI (23rd July 1781 to 17th
January 1782) describes in part the evacuation of Portsmouth and
the occupation, siege and capitulation of Yorktown and Gloucester.
It goes on to disclose the beginning of the Clinton-Cornwallis
controversy before detailing Cornwallis's fraught passage to
England. The papers end as they begin - with South Carolina and
Georgia.
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