Lord Cornwallis has gotten a bum rap in America. He was a gifted troubleshooter who implemented a more streamlined, sustainable version of British power, so that London could emerge triumphant and ...
‘Surrender of Lord Cornwallis,’ an 1820 oil painting by John Trumbell that hangs in the rotunda at the U.S. Capitol, depicts British Brig. Gen. Charles O’Hara, center on foot, preparing to surrender ...