Explore by State
a portrait of Lord General Cornwallis
John Singleton Copley (1738–1815)
Biography

Charles Cornwallis

In 1779, after a stalemate in the north, Cornwallis went south as second in command to Sir Henry Clinton. Clinton captured Charleston in May 1780. Cornwallis pressed on to defeat General Horatio Gates at Camden, South Carolina, on August 16, 1780.

Title
Lieutenant General, Earl Cornwallis
War & Affiliation
Rev War, British
Date of Birth - Death
December 31, 1738 - October 5, 1805
Share