I'm sorry, but I understood the question to be about whether Sherman took
Charleston, SC--not Yorktown, VA--the same way Cornwallis did 85 years
earlier. Am I wrong on that?
--Eric
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> From: Harold S. Forsythe [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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> 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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