Month: April 2007

Marion and The Later Years

Erick Nason One of the problems with most people today is that they believe the War for American Independence ended with the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. This was far from the truth. In fact, the number of British, German and Loyalist forces which surrendered at Yorktown was small if compared to other British forces…

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A contemporary comparison between General Burgoyne’s loss of an entire army in 1777 and General Cornwallis’ loss of an entire army in 1781

Sean Kelleher Introduction Less than a month after General Cornwallis surrendered his troops in Yorktown, writer Abbe Robin documented his thoughts in this letter that was later published in New travels through North-America : in a series of letters, exhibiting, the history of the victorious campaign of the allied armies … Philadelphia, 1783. It should…

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