"The Decision that Lost Britain The War: An Enigma now..." Topic
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| Tango01 | 29 May 2019 10:20 p.m. PST |
…Resolved. "In this article I address the absurdity of Cornwallis's decision to march from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Virginia and the light thrown on it by The Cornwallis Papers.[1] The central enigma of the Southern Campaigns, it had until their publication never been able to be satisfactorily resolved. Lt. Gen. Charles Earl Cornwallis, the British General Officer commanding in the South, arrived in the vicinity of Wilmington on April 7, 1781 after the disastrous winter campaign and his pyrrhic victory at Guilford. His troops were badly in need of refitment. In the meantime Major Gen. Nathanael Greene, the opposing commander, had begun his march for South Carolina, leaving Ramsey's Mill on Deep River on the 6th…"
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| 42flanker | 30 May 2019 8:09 a.m. PST |
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 The Virtual Armchair General  | 30 May 2019 11:27 a.m. PST |
Further evidence that the causes of defeat--if not victory--are found in the human heart, not weapons, numbers, or even logistics. TVAG |
| goragrad | 30 May 2019 12:07 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 30 May 2019 12:19 p.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it my friends!.(smile)
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paints brigs for the British fleet.