The Revolutionary War artifacts tell the story of what General Cornwallis tried to destroy forever—but couldn’t erase.

One print depicts Tipu’s two sons being taken hostage by Lord Charles Cornwallis, after the third Anglo-Mysore war in February 1792, and the other is a portrayal of their return to their mother.

Barracks believed built by the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War between 1776 and 1777 ... troops under the direction of General Charles Cornwallis in 1781. An archaeology team has ...