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Wilmington Campaign: Last British Push | Wilmington News
The Wilmington Campaign of 1781 was the British Army’s final major offensive in North Carolina, beginning when they seized the port city and set up a garrison. Patriot militias, like Colonel Henry Young’s force, launched desperate skirmishes to disrupt British supply lines and slow their advance — all while key figures like Cornelius Harnett fell during the occupation. Though General Cornwallis’s presence in Wilmington was mythologized, his arrival marked a pivotal moment in the war’s closing chapters. By October 1781, Cornwallis had moved to Virginia, where he’d surrender at Yorktown —…
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