To my knowledge that bastard Sherman never came near us here on the Virginia Peninsula! Thank God! Deane Ferguson Mills York County VA > 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 > To: [log in to unmask] > Send reply to: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history > <[log in to unmask]> > > > 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 > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > > Harold S. Forsythe > Assistant Professor History > Director: Black Studies > Fairfield University > Fairfield, CT 06430-5195 > (203) 254-4000 x2379 > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html