Charles, Lord Cornwallis. Despite numerical superiority, the Patriot forces suffered a humiliating rout, one of the worse defeats in American military history. After capturing Charleston in May ...

Hugh Dussek talked about Lord Cornwallis and his role in the Revolutionary War, focusing on the 1780 Battle of Charlotte. Mr. Dussek was int… read more Hugh Dussek talked about Lord Cornwallis ...

Fewer still know it is a cenotaph, an empty tomb, erected in memory of Lord Cornwallis, the third governor general of British India, who died on October 5, 1805. Inside the decaying stones it ...

In honor of both, let's take a look at Trumbull's 1820 painting, "Surrender of Lord Cornwallis," which celebrated the end of the Revolutionary War. 1. John Trumbull's artistic achievements are ...