Randy and All,

  Did Sherman take Yorktown?  I thought General Benjamin Butler
was in command at Fortress Monroe when Yorktown fell.
Moreover, like Fortress Monroe and Hampton, York County
became a major location of resettlement on freedpeople.  The
importance of this being that had Confederate troops returned to
the County, black irregulars would have been mustered to defend
these communities, even prior to actual enlistment of black
Virginians into the Union Army.


Date sent:              Wed, 15 Aug 2001 08:50:42 -0400
From:                   Randy Cabell <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:                Virginia and South Carolina in the wars
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> I am interested in any Virginia military presence in South Carolina in the
> Revolutionary War.  I am aware of:
>
> Revolutionary War:
> - Gen Danl Morgan coming out of retirement to lead continental troops at
> Cowpens. - Some Va regiments surrendering at Charleston in 1780 when
> Cornwallis took the place.  Does anybody know the designation of the
> regiments and how many troops surrendered?
>
> Civil War:
> - No knowledge of any Virginia troops there.
> - But a general question.  Did Sherman take the city the same way
> Cornwallis did by cutting it off from the rest of the mainland.  i.e NOT
> by sea.
>
> Randy Cabell
>
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Harold S. Forsythe
Assistant Professor History
Director:  Black Studies
Fairfield University
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