The Battle of the Dan River took place 235 years ago today--and the American ... Army led by General Charles Cornwallis. ... had a profound effect on the course of the American Revolution.

British troops under the leadership of Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis attacked American forces near Assunpink Creek in New Jersey. The Americans, strategically positioned along the creek ...

American General and statesman George Washington declining to accept terms from British General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, whose subsequent surrender practically ended the ...

The American Revolutionary War was a struggle for independence by the ... General Horatio Gates with a force of roughly 3,700 men matched up against British General Charles Cornwallis and his ...

TAKING LIBERTIES WITH THE REVOLUTION Share this: ... his Benjamin Martin meets British Lord Gen. Charles Cornwallis, ... the true dog lover was an American.

The Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, began on this day in history, Sept. 28, 1781. Surrounded by Washington's army and French allies by both land and sea, the British realized their cause was hopeless.