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Lord Cornwallis was born on New Year's Eve, 1738. Lord Charles Cornwallis was a British general who fought against the Americans in many different battles during the Revolutionary War. The most important one was the Battle of Yorktown where the British surrendered.
here is 11 good facts about Lord General Charles Cornwallis:

he lost sight in one eye as a child

he went to Cambridge and Eton

he claimed he was sick the day the Brittish surrendered in the battle of Yorktown

he was born on New Years Eve

he was in the house of lords

he stood up for the colonists in the house of lords

he joined the Brittish armed forces after the house of lords

he was really good in the southern colonies for the war until Yorktown

General Henry Clinton even though he was on Cornwallis' side thought of him as an enemy

after he surrendered in Yorktown he worked in India and had a spotless record

he was blamed for the loss to the Colonies

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