North Carolina: March 15, 1781
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Under the command of Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis, a 2,100-man British force defeated 4,500 Americans led by Major General Nathanael Greene. While they won the field, the British Army suffered considerable casualties, approximately a quarter of their total force. The battle was “the largest and most hotly contested action” in the American Revolution’s southern theater.






