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Greene requests immediate communication between American forces. On April 25, 1781, Greene was defeated at Camden by Lord Rawdon, but Marion and Lee had captured Fort Watson and cut off his communications with the coast. He was therefore forced to…

On April 25, Cornwallis had already started northward to affect a junction with General Phillips in Virginia and this cut off Greene from his northern communications. These unsuccessful tactics of Cornwallis led to his surrender in October and…