so he could await further orders
April 1781
Cornwallis had decided he could not win the Carolinas after losing two key battles.
Cornwallis had decided he could not win the carolinas after losing two key battles
They surprised the British fleet at the mouth of Chesapeake forcing British navy to retreat to New York, leaving General Cornwallis stranded.
The Battle of Antietam was in Maryland in 1862. Robert E. Lee's army, the Army of Northern Virginia, took on heavy casualties. He had little choice but to retreat back to Virginia.
Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia began the retreat from Gettysburg on the evening of July 4, 1863.
Cornwallis had decided he could not win the Carolinas after losing two key battles.
Cornwallis had decided he could not win the Carolinas after losing two key battles.
Cornwallis had decided he could not win the Carolinas after losing two key battles.
Cornwallis had decided he could not win the Carolinas after losing two key battles.
Cornwallis had decided he could not win the Carolinas after losing two key battles.
Cornwallis had decided he could not win the Carolinas after losing two key battles.
Cornwallis had decided he could not win the Carolinas after losing two key battles.
Cornwallis had decided he could not win the Carolinas after losing two key battles.
Cornwallis had decided he could not win the Carolinas after losing two key battles.
Cornwallis had decided he could not win the Carolinas after losing two key battles.
Cornwallis had decided he could not win the Carolinas after losing two key battles.
Cornwallis had decided he could not win the Carolinas after losing two key battles.