[savedbygrace]

Well, I have obviously been misled by an insufficient study. I must get some better resource books.

I apologize and stand corrected.

[Pharmboy]

I didn't mean to lay it on too thick, but there was a fair amount of death and destruction after Yorktown; however, most of these were skirmishes and not battles like Guilford Courthouse, Saratoga or Monmouth, so the fighting was minor compared to what happened BEFORE Yorktown.

And you are obviously a gentleman...

[the OlLine Rebel]

History “lessons” (including shows on TV) always gives the *impression* that the war ends with Cornwallis’ surrender.

It’s not as simple as that.

Just another example of how various basic history resources give wrong impressions. I’ve had such impressions on other aspects of history, myself, thanks to these tidy clean-ups. How about “the evil US” concentrated Japanese ethnics in camps for WWII - NOT beloved FDR. Or that Italians and Germans were also rounded up for same?