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This week, episode 250. Hello and thank you for joining the American Revolution.

This week, episode 255, The Battle of Ramzers Mill.

When we last left the South back in episode 251, British General Henry Clinton had departed with most of the Army to return to New York.

Clinton had received word that the French Army would be arriving soon and wish to contend with that. He left Lieutenant General

Charles Cornwallis in command at Charleston, South Carolina. General Cornwallis has been a part of our story in many earlier episodes, but since this is his first really big independent command and since he plays such a key role in the Southern Theater, I thought a refresher was in order.

Cornwallis came from the very top of British aristocracy.

He was the son of the Fifth Baron Cornwallis. His mother was the daughter of a Viscount. His uncle was the

Archbishop of Canterbury. As a boy, Cornwallis attended Eton. He purchased his first military commission as an ensign

at the age of 17. But rather than go into service, as most young officers did to learn their profession,

Cornwallis traveled to Europe, where he enrolled in the military academy at Turin,

in what is today Italy.

After that, he went on a tour of Central Europe. When the Seven Years

War began, Cornwallis's regiment shipped out for America, but before he could reach

it. So instead he attached himself as an aid to Lord Granby,

commander-in-chief of British forces in Europe.

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