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Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered with his troops at Yorktown, Virginia. Which was just as well, because soon after, at Camden, British General Charles Cornwallis badly beat Gates, who retreated to North Carolina, leaving South Carolina at the mercy of the British. There he indulged in the good graces of his mistress and argued through letters with General Charles Cornwallis over the conduct of the war in the south. |
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Charles Cornwallis - commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)