164 TRAVELS THROUGH HORTB AMERICAS 
place where Lord Cornwallis surrendered his 
army to the combined forces of the Ameri¬ 
cans and French. A few of the redoubts* 
which were erected by each army* are still re¬ 
maining'* but the principal fortifications are 
almost quite obliterated ; the plough has passed 
over some of them, and groves of pine trees 
sprung up about others, though* during the 
siege, every tree near the town was destroyed. 
The first and second parallels can just be 
traced, when pointed out by a person ac- * 
quainted with them in a more perfect state. 
In the town the houses bear evident marks 
of the siege ; and the inhabitants will not, on 
any account, suffer the holes perforated by the 
cannon balls to be repaired on the outside., 
There is one house in particular, which stands 
in the skirt of the town, that is in a most 
shattered condition. It was the habitation 
of a Mr. Neilsoo, a secretary under the regal 
government, and was made the head quarters 
of Lord Cornwallis when he first came to 
the town ; but it stood so much exposed, and 
afforded so good a mark to the enemy, that 
he was soon forced to quit it. Neilsoo, how¬ 
ever, it seems, was determined to stay there 
till the last, and absolutely remained till his 
®egro servant, the only person that would live 
frith him in such a house, had* his brains dashed 
mut by a cannon shot While, he stood by Jail 
