Cornwallis had been unable to catch Greene's…
February 1781 CE
Cornwallis, who had burned his baggage train at Ramsour's Mill (Lincolnton, NC), in chasing Greene had completely exhausted his men, who are also starving in wet freezing weather with little forage from locals.
All the boats for crossing the Dan River had been taken by Greene (Colonel Henry Lee in command of the rear guard cavalry had been the last to cross approximately two hours before the British arrived) so that Cornwallis was stranded on the NC side of the river.
Cornwallis had then made an exhaustive trip South, establishing a headquarters to regroup and recover at Hillsborough, North Carolina, a colonial outpost city, on February 21, also to rally Loyalists to his side.
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