Send us a text After the catastrophic defeat at Charleston, the Patriot forces were on the ropes. General Clinton, commander of the British army, was so confident of the outcome, that he left his deputy, General Cornwallis, in charge and headed north. Cornwallis planned to link up with Tory militias from North and South Carolina, to crush resistance, and to remove two more stars from the flag. (The British already controlled Georgia, at least they thought they d...