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American
Driving Vacations Presents:The Real America: Southern Virginia on the Move
7 Days/6 Nights
Cornwallis led a country dance, The like was never seen sir,
Much retrograde and much advance, And all with General Greene, sir.
They rambled up and rambled down, Joined hands and off they ran, sir,
And General Greene was like to drown Cornwallis in the Dan, sir.
“Without a blow being struck, Greene gained the most important victory; and the reputation of the British General, and the cause in which he was engaged, was destined to suffer proportionally. The remarkable chase and escape which we have just recorded, was one of the most impressive of the incidents of the war. Every measure of the Americans during the march from Catawaba to Virginia was judiciously designed and vigorously executed.” So writes the biographer of General Nathanael Greene about the campaign in the South during the American Revolution.
Lord Cornwallis had decided with General Clinton, British general who left the south to take over the campaign in the north, that they would meet in Virginia. Cornwallis decided to march from Charleston to invade North Carolina, thinking he would have no opposition along the way. Meeting in Virginia, Cornwallis and Clinton concluded that they would finish off Washington’s Continental Army and sail home to Britain.
But, not so fast. The Americans were not to be defeated so quickly. The tough Overmountain Men from the Appalachians had begun to turn the tide at Kings Mountain, knowing they were fighting to protect their women and children back home and their liberties as free settlers. After a series of skirmishes, the Patriots had routed the British at Cowpens and sent them packing into North Carolina in January 1781. It had been a hard won victory in South Carolina, with battles fought throughout the state until, in an hours time, the British were headed for Virginia.
In what would prove to be one of the most brilliant moves in military history, General Nathanael Greene, recently appointed to take charge of the campaign in the South, decided to draw Cornwallis and his troops farther and farther away from their supply base in Charleston. Cornwallis got to Virginia alright, but not in the place he wanted to be.