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A Dictionary of American History
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Cornwallis, Charles
Cornwallis, Charles (second Earl) (b. London, England, 31 December 1738; d. Ghazipore, India, 5 October 1805) Cornwallis entered the army in 1756 and the House of Lords in 1762. He came to America as major general in 1776, and fought at Long Island, Kip’s Bay, and Fort Lee. After returning twice to England, he became lieutenant general and deputy commander in chief in April 1778. He commanded British forces in the South after the second battle of Charles Town and won victories at Camden and Guilford Courthouse. By disobeying Henry Clinton’s orders not to invade Va., he led his army to capture at Yorktown. Cornwallis was one of the war’s best battlefield commanders, but lost his army for lack of overall strategic vision.
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Chicago: Thomas L. Purvis, "Cornwallis, Charles," A Dictionary of American History in A Dictionary of American History (Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Reference, 1995), Original Sources, accessed December 4, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8THN2JXVXHH31IN.
MLA: Purvis, Thomas L. "Cornwallis, Charles." A Dictionary of American History, in A Dictionary of American History, Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Reference, 1995, Original Sources. 4 Dec. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8THN2JXVXHH31IN.
Harvard: Purvis, TL, 'Cornwallis, Charles' in A Dictionary of American History. cited in 1995, A Dictionary of American History, Blackwell Reference, Cambridge, Mass.. Original Sources, retrieved 4 December 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8THN2JXVXHH31IN.
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