Alexander Leslie
Military Person
1731 – 1794
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Who was Alexander Leslie?
The Honourable Major General Alexander Leslie was a Major General in the British Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was the commander of the British troops at the Battle of Harlem Heights. He replaced Cornwallis as commander in the South in 1782 and won an easy victory near Combahee Ferry.
Very little is known of his childhood. Leslie was born in England in 1731 to the Earl of Leven and Melville.
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