163 Cornwallis in Virginia ,1781

163. Cornwallis in Virginia ,1781

 There were already two smal armies in 
 Virginia ,-- the British under Arnold , the Americans under Lafayette . Cornwallis noW marched northward from Wilmington and added the troops in Virginia to his own force ; Arnold he sent to New York . Cornwallis then set out to capture Lafayette and his men . To - gether they marched from salt water across Virginia to the mountains -- and then they marched back to salt water again . Cornwallis had called Lafayette " the boy " and had de - clared that ＂ the boy should not escape him .＂ Finally Cornwallis fortified Yorktown , and Lafayette settled down at Williamsburg . And there they still were in September ,1781.