... leaders had great faith in Charles, Earl Cornwallis. Charles was the eldest son of the first Earl Cornwallis, and heralded from an aristocratic British family. He was educated at Eton College, and though he attended Cambridge for a short time, he realized his aptitude lay in military service when he joined the Grenadier Guards at age eighteen. He inherited the family title ... territory loyal to England. General Howe was of the same mind, and once he received confirmation of Burgoyne's victory at Fort Ticonderoga, embarked with the fleet sailing from Staten Island, bound for Philadelphi...

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