An off topic question.
My grandfather ^5 (Iam 6th gen) and his brother from Scotland fought with Cornwallis up to Yorktown.
How is it that they were left here? Abandoned? AWOL? TDY?
The family legend has it that Lord Cornwallis told them to write if they found any work, as he sailed.
Anyone ever heard of Beech Green Scotland? Circa 1759.
Now, why would Cornwalis leave troops on shore ~ several reasons ~ their term of service was up so he paid them mustering out pay and they simply stayed. Or, maybe he had a shortage of lift capacity back to the Old Country. Recall, Lafayette's cousin, Admiral Bouille (both those guys were Louis XVI's cousin too) had been using a large piece of the French navy to keep the Brits from resupplying Cornwallis, and they sank a few British ships.
Another reason for those guys staying is they had relatives in South Carolina~!
America wasn't necessarily all that good for rich people, but it was, in its day, the best poor man's land in the whole world. Land was cheap. The war was over. The Scots ran half the place. What's there to ask?