Maybe we should let Cornwallis have a say.  He wrote on June 30, 1781:  "I
will not say much in praise of the Militia of the Southern Colonies, but
the list of British Officers and Soldiers killed or wounded by them since
last June, proves but too fatally that they are not wholly
contemptible."  (PRO CO 5/102, p. 506)
HBG

>I responded to Bill's assertion that "It is interesting that it was the
>much maligned militia the filled much of the gap and consumed so much of
>Cornwallis' valuable effort, men, supplies, and time. (Along with a
>collection of "regular" Continental troops including the under appreciated
>Maryland Continentals.)"

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