
	Where results make sense

Topic: General Cornwallis

Related Topics

Baron Cornwallis

Charles Cornwallis

American Revolutionary War

Battle of Yorktown (1781)

Frederick North

Nathanael Greene

Battle of Princeton

William Howe

List of Lords Lieutenant of Ireland

Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington

Battles of the American Revolutionary War

Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War

Horatio Gates

Battle of Germantown

Battle of Saratoga

	General Cornwallis
		Cornwallis was the better field commander, but he had often felt caged and hemmed in by his superior.
		General Clinton returned to New York in June leaving his subordinate in control of the entire southern operation, with the charge of holding Charleston and doing whatever else might be necessary to subdue the south.
		Cornwallis did not take such partisan bands seriously at first, but he was rather alarmed to hear that two regiments of the Continental army were on their way south to form the core of new "Southern Department." As summer progressed, this army had swollen to over 3000 regulars and volunteers.
	members.tripod.com /billbrasky/amrev/cornwallis.htm (3016 words)

	General Charles Cornwallis
		British General and colonial governor Charles Cornwallis was born on Dec. 31, 1738, and died on Oct. 5, 1805.
		Cornwallis was the eldest son of the 1st Earl Cornwallis.
		Cornwallis was largely responsible for the British victory at Brandywine, Pa., Sept. 11, 1777, and led British forces into Philadelphia on the 28th.
	www.americanrevwar.homestead.com /files/CORN.HTM (610 words)

	HARMONY HALL PLANTATION
		As the story goes, late in the Revolution, General Cornwallis made Harmony Hall his headquarters on his way to Wilmington.
		Richardson overheard the general and his aide planning their campaign against General Nathaniel Greene whose army was in South Carolina.
		Another thing to remember is that the Cornwallis story was handed down orally for several generations before any of it was written down, so there was change for the story to grow between its infancy the full grown paper version.
	www.harmonyhallnc.com (1595 words)

	Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis Summary
		The family of Cornwallis was established at Brome Hall, near Eye, in Suffolk, in the course of the fourteenth century, and members of it occasionally represented the county in the House of Commons during the next three hundred years.
		As Cornwallis waited for resupply from the Royal Navy, the American commander George Washington learned that a French naval force was moving to enter the war for the first time, and he realised that Cornwallis' exposed position was an opportunity to win a victory that would resonate in the public imagination.
		Cornwallis, a close political ally of the younger Pitt, then was sent to India, where the colonial administration was judged by the Prime Minister to be urgently in need of reform following Warren Hastings' tenure.
	www.bookrags.com /Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis (2172 words)

	CHARLES, EARL CORNWALLIS by Janie B. Cheaney
		Cornwallis returned to England on leave, only to find his wife Jemima gravely ill. This distracted him from military affairs for several weeks, but when she died early in 1779 he found that life held little else for him.
		General Clinton returned to New York in June leaving his subordinate in control of the entire southern operation, with the charge of holding Charleston and doing whatever else might be necessary to subdue the south.
		Cornwallis did not take such partisan bands seriously at first, but he was rather alarmed to hear that two regiments of the Continental army were on their way south to form the core of new "Southern Department." As summer progressed, this army had swollen to over 3000 regulars and volunteers.
	jrshelby.com /kimocowp/cornwal.htm (3049 words)

	The Battle of Camden: Part II
		Cornwallis therefore employed himself in establishing posts from the Peedee to the Savannah Rivers for the purpose of awing the disaffected and encouraging the loyal inhabitants, in raising some provincial corps, and in establishing a militia both for the defense as well as for the internal government of South Carolina.
		General Stevens, observing the steady approach of the enemy, told his men to use their bayonets, but the impetuosity with which the British continued on, firing and huzzaing— threw the whole body of the militia into such a panic, that they generally threw down their loaded arms and fled, in the utmost consternation.
		General de Kalb's dying command to his aide was to deliver a message to Generals Smallwood and Gist, presenting his affectionate compliments to all the officers and men of his division and expressing the greatest satisfaction in the testimony given by the British Army of the bravery of his troops.
	www.historycarper.com /resources/bocsc/part2.htm (7435 words)

	Charles Cornwallis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		His defeat at the hands of General George Washington, at Yorktown was the deciding battle in the Revolutionary War.Charles Cornwallis attended Eton and Cambridge before entering the army.
		Cornwallis was elected to the House of Commansin 1760 and entered the House of Lords in 1762 in parliament he was known as friend of the American colonist.In October 1781 his army encamped at Yorktown was trapped by combined American and French forces by forced to surrender.Lord Cornwallis was son to Charles first Earl Cornwallis.
		In 1786 he was appointed govener general of India were he proved to be an able administrator and milatry leader.He was a viceroy of Ireland 1798-1801 in 1802 he helped negative the treaty of Amiens which temporary stopped Britans war with Napoleon the first.
	russell.gresham.k12.or.us /Colonial_America/Charles_Cornwallis.html (169 words)

	Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cornwallis family was established at Brome Hall, near Eye, in Suffolk, in the course of the 14th century, and members of it occasionally represented the county in the House of Commons during the next 300 years.
		Cornwallis' mother, Elizabeth, was the daughter of the 2nd Viscount Townshend and a niece of the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole.
		As Cornwallis waited for resupply from the Royal Navy, Washington, the American commander, learned that a French naval force was moving to enter the war for the first time, and he realised that Cornwallis' exposed position was an opportunity to win a victory that would resonate in the public imagination.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cornwallis (1030 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Cornwallis,
		Cornwallis swept north and capped his success in the battle of Camden on Aug. 16, 1780.
		Cornwallis, N.S. He entered (1874) the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal and served (1896-1911) as Wilfrid Laurier's minister of militia and defense.
		He arrived (1775) in America with General Cornwallis and was a member of the patrol that captured Gen. Charles Lee at Basking Ridge, N.J. He served with William Howe at Brandywine, Germantown, and Philadelphia.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Cornwallis, (694 words)

	Charles Cornwallis
		Charles Cornwallis was born in London and educated at Eton and Cambridge.
		Cornwallis was impatient with Howe’s lack of initiative and was later similarly critical of Sir Henry Clinton.
		Cornwallis served as minister plenipotentiary during the negotiation of the Treaty of Amiens (1802), which brought a cessation in the Napoleonic Wars.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1304.html (695 words)

	Hornets' Nest: 7 A Welcome For Cornwallis
		Lord Cornwallis rode up in person, and made use of the words:- "Legion, remember you have everything to lose, but nothing to gain;" alluding, as was supposed, to the former reputation of this corps.
		General Davidson was three days hearing of it; it was on Tuesday when a courier rode into the camp on Rocky River and brought him the startling and joyous news of the battle at Kings Mountain.
		Cornwallis' trusted lieutenant, said to have been the best shot in the British army, had been completely whipped and his invading force destroyed.
	www.cmstory.org /history/hornets/welcome.htm (3364 words)

	The American Revolution (Camden)
		General Gates immediately ordered that the army be prepared to march at a moment's notice, in spite of the deplorable condition of the force.
		General Gates had chosen a direct march to Camden through difficult, swampy terrain over the advice of his officers who were familiar with the area.
		General Gates wanted to prove his worth as a skilled commander, so when no other advice was offered, he insisted on facing the British on open ground.
	theamericanrevolution.org /battles/bat_camd.asp (2136 words)

	American Revolution - Lord Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquis Cornwallis: Lieutenant General of the British Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Cornwallis, along with Clinton, played a huge role in nearly destroying Washingtons army in the early battles of Long Island (August 1776.) Cornwallis was a major opponent of Washington throughout the war.
		Cornwallis had been impressive throughout the first part of the Revolution, but once Clinton was put in charge and Cornwallis sent south, the famous fighting general made some of the most strategic blunders of the Revolution.
		Cornwallis received nearly zero blame for the British catastrophe at Yorktown at the time.
	www.americanrevolution.com /LordCharlesCornwallis.htm (332 words)

	People of the Revolution
		Cornwallis was born in London, the son of the first Earl Cornwallis, and educated at Eton.
		In 1781, Cornwallis seriously depleted his army and supplies while achieving a series of tactical victories in the South and was forced to withdraw to Yorktown, Virginia ignoring Clinton's suggestions to either stay in the Carolinas or join the British troops in New York.
		Lord Cornwallis continues on to a successful military career, becoming the governor of India in 1786 and the governor-general of Ireland in 1797.
	www.si.umich.edu /spies/people.html (3265 words)

	The British Surrender at Yorktown, 1781 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		General Cornwallis did not attend the surrender ceremony saying that he was not feeling well.
		Every eye was prepared to gaze on Lord Cornwallis, the object of peculiar interest and solicitude; but he disappointed our anxious expectations; pretending indisposition, he made General O'Hara his substitute as the leader of his army.
		But it was in the field, when they came to the last act of the drama, that the spirit and pride of the British soldier was put to the severest test: here their mortification could not be concealed.
	www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /yorktown.htm (973 words)

	A Journey Towards Freedom
		Becoming a full General in 1776, he joined Howe and was thought to be the strategist behind the Battle of Long Island.
		General Howe refused to execute many of Clinton's plans, causing him to return home and consider resigning from his post.
		Cornwallis surrendered on October 19, 1781 bringing an end to the American Revolution.
	library.thinkquest.org /10966/data/group.shtml (568 words)

	Scenario Listings - Campaign 1776 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		When American General Washington positioned his army on the banks of the Brandywine Creek, he assumed that British General Howe would attack directly across the creek instead of the flanking march that occurred.
		American General Greene was continuing his campaign in the South that had begun with the Battle of Guilford Court House.
		The British army was pursued by the American army under General George Washington as it left Philadelphia in the summer of 1778.
	web2.airmail.net /gco047/1776/DucCope/scenarios.htm (3615 words)

	THE BATTLE OF THE COWPENS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In October General Leslie was given command of about 2,000 regulars, and sailed from New York to establish post on the western tributaries of the Chesapeake, near its mouth.
		The general situation in the South was similarly described by Rawdon in a letter to Clinton of the 29th of October, wherein was fated the intention of not definitely ordering Leslie to the Cape Fear, as Clinton might have other plans with which such a move would interfere.
		On the 5th of January Cornwallis approved the suggestions relative to combined action as mentioned in Tarleton's letter of the day before, and informed him that the Seventh Regiment was escorting his baggage to Brierleys Ferry, and that he, Cornwallis, proposed marching on January 7.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/revwar/KM-Cpns/AWC-Cp1.htm (1928 words)

	The American Revolution (Eutaw Springs)
		General Cornwallis had been trying to subdue the Southern colonies by working his way north from Charleston, South Carolina.
		Cornwallis next crossed the James River and moved to establish a fort at Old Point Comfort on the James River Peninsula.
		First, General Cornwallis was not present, supposedly being ill. As a result, his second-in-command, Brig.
	theamericanrevolution.org /battles/bat_york.asp (525 words)

	LIBERTY! . Chronicle of the Revolution . Yorktown 1781 \| PBS
		Cornwallis' surrender ended a disastrous southern campaign for the British army.
		Cornwallis limped into Virginia in late summer trailed by a force led by the The Marquis de Lafayette, long a supporter of American efforts both as a soldier in this country, and as an advocate for the cause in France.
		As Cornwallis' 8,000 man force became prisoners-of-war, the British band played the The World Turned Upside Down, a tune that underscored the strange turn of events which had brought defeat at the hands of the provincial forces of America, to the most powerful country in Europe.
	www.pbs.org /ktca/liberty/chronicle_yorktown1781.html (441 words)

	PART XIX
		The supply of shells was nearly exhausted, and Cornwallis had to choose "between preparing to surrender next day, or endeavouring to get off with the greatest part of the troops." He determined to make the attempt to transfer the major portion of his army across the York River to the Gloucester side.
		The opinion of Cornwallis coincided with that of the engineer and principal officers of the Army, "that by the continuence of the same fire for a few hours longer," the British "would be in such a state as to render it desperate" to attempt to maintain the position.
		General Cornwallis and certain other officers were to be permitted to go on parole to New York or to Europe.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/RevWar/Yorktown/AWC-Ytn-19.htm (2395 words)

	New Page 1
		The attack was discovered and General Clinton pulled his forces to the formidable forts on the Manhattan side of the Harlem River and repulsed the attack.
		It is hard to believe that at time of war, the Commanding General of the United States would ride out alone, ahead of his troops, into the unguarded towns, filled with loyalists, just to give a feast of hospitality for his French Comrades in arms and to reassure the forces fighting in Yorktown.
		Cornwallis was again bottled up at Yorktown, but since the British Fleet was still strong and being reinforced in New York, everyone knew it was inevitable the British Fleet would return and attempt to save Cornwallis.
	www.ncssar.com /articles/rochmarch.htm (3731 words)

	Ldot Vets - The American Revolution 1775-1783
		At that time, British General Cornwallis moved his battered army to the North Carolina coast, then, disobeying orders from General Clinton to protect the British position in the Carolinas, he marched north to Virginia and took command from Loyalist (Tory) General Benedict Arnold.
		General Cornwallis had been ordered to bring all his men to New York, but again he did not obey orders.
		Cornwallis was besieged by a Franco-American force of 16,000 troops.
	www.angelfire.com /md2/Ldotvets/Revolution/Yorktown.html (533 words)

	General Charles Cornwallis
		One of his responsibilities as Earl of Cornwallis was to accept a seat in the House of Lords, one of the houses of Parliament.
		Charles Cornwallis was promoted to the rank of Major General and sent to take command of troops in America.
		Cornwallis and his troops chased the continentals into New Jersey but stopped when ordered to by his superior, General William Howe.
	www.edhelper.com /ReadingComprehension_35_117.html (323 words)

	Siege of Yorktown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When General Rochambeau met General Washington in Wethersfield, Connecticut on May 22, 1781, to determine their strategy against the British, they made plans to move against New York City, which was occupied by about 10,000 men under General Sir Henry Clinton, the overall British commander.
		The lieutenant then attempted to surrender to Washington, who refused because it was not Cornwallis himself, and indicated that the subordinate should surrender to General Benjamin Lincoln, field commander of the American forces.
		A note on a General Return by Adjutant estimated that 309 were killed during siege and 44 deserters killed as well but does not break these estimates down by units.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Yorktown_(1781) (939 words)

	Hangout - Battle of Princeton
		General Washington and the Americans surrounded the building and shot cannonballs at it.
		Meanwhile, General Cornwallis and his British troops were still in Trenton.
		When he heard the cannons General Cornwallis realized General Washington had escaped again.
	www.state.nj.us /hangout_nj/200401_princeton_p4.html (108 words)

	Timeline Bio: Charles Cornwallis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Charles Cornwallis was a general in the British army during the War for Independence, and the officer who made Britain's formal surrender to General Washington.
		Born in London and educated at Eton and Clare College, Cambridge, Cornwallis entered the army in 1756, served in Germany and eventually became a major general.
		Despite victories over General Horatio Gates and General Nathaniel Green, Cornwallis was forced to surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19, 1781.
	www.founding.com /timeline/bio.cfm?id=6 (197 words)

	Surrender at Yorktown
		One of the criticisms of the work was that it introduced Lord Cornwallis in the scene of the surrender; and when that gross violation of known fact was objected to, Trumbull gave the figure another name, and in his catalogue says, generally, "the principal officers of the British army."
		Cornwallis was painted bv many of the leading artists of his day, and upwards of twenty prints of such portraits would have been available to Trumbull before he left England in 1789.
		Examination of the engraved portraits of General Lincoln and Lord Cornwallis show that Lincoln was a large, heavy man and not unlike Cornwallis in general appearance, but figure No. 15 resembles the engraving by Francis Hayward, R.A., of the portrait of Cornwallis by Daniel Gardner, published February 24, 1784.
	www.americanrevolution.org /sursm.html (710 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)