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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 24: (search)
without exposing his troops to the greatest chances of being lost. Cornwallis to Phillips, and Cornwallis to Clinton, 4 April, 1781. He should have sped to Charleston by water, to retain possession of South Carolina; but such a movement would have published to the world that all his long marches and victories had led only to disgrace. A subordinate general, sure of the favor and approval of Germain, he forced his plans on his commander-in-chief, Cornwallis to Clinton, Wilmington, 10 April, 1781, in Washington's Writings, VII. 458. to whom he wrote: I cannot help expressing my wishes that the Chesapeake may become the seat of war, even, if necessary, at the expense of abandoning New York. And without waiting for an answer, in the last days of April, with a force of fourteen hundred Chap. XXIV.} 1781. May. and thirty-five men, all told, he left Wilmington for Virginia. Clinton replied: Clinton to Cornwallis, 29 May, 1781. Had you intimated the probability of your intentio