Charles O'Hara

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General Charles O'Hara was a British Army officer who served in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars.

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Charles O'Hara: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
In October 1780, O'Hara was promoted to brigadier and became commander of Brigade of Guards. He became Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis' second-in-command and good friend.
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Charles O'Hara: Yorktown, 1781
At the conclusion of the siege of Yorktown, he surrendered to the Americans on behalf of Cornwallis.
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