They Must Not Reach Virginia! - Battle of Guilford Courthouse (Sound Repair)

The British launched their ambitious Southern Campaign in early 1779. They achieved tremendous early success, capturing key cities in Georgia and South Carolina.

In response to the British invasion, America would send two massive counter attacks to try and push the British from their position, both of which would end in disaster for the Americans. However, American propaganda depicting atrocities committed by British forces inspired many Southerners to continue resisting.

An endless train of militiamen and volunteers began flocking from Virginia and the Appalachian mountains towards South Carolina. When the third American counter-attack army arrived, they were heavily aided by the militia troops and by the guerrilla insurrection which had been destabilizing the region. The Americans, under Captain Daniel Morgan, achieved an outstanding victory at the Battle of the Cowpens.

Following this victory, Cornwallis came to believe that the South could not be held without first capturing Virginia and starving the Americans of their supply of militia reinforcements. The head of the British army disagreed, and ordered Cornwallis to remain in South Carolina, but Cornwallis disobeyed.

Cornwallis and his army began pushing north in a race to reach Virginia before the American troops could gather and oppose him. This event would become known as "the race to the dam", and it would reach its dramatic conclusion when the American force intercepted the British at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.

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