Washington wins at Monmouth Courthouse

Loyalists served in all the major campaigns. The South was probably their most notable (and notorious) zone.
 
From what I remember reading, Cornwallis landed in Charleston with all British troops, tried to recruit loyalists in the south, and did find some, but then promptly had most of them killed or captured at Kings Mountain, after which, volunteers slowed to a trickle... did he have any significant numbers of loyalists with him when he marched north to Yorktown?
 

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From what I remember reading, Cornwallis landed in Charleston with all British troops, tried to recruit loyalists in the south, and did find some, but then promptly had most of them killed or captured at Kings Mountain, after which, volunteers slowed to a trickle... did he have any significant numbers of loyalists with him when he marched north to Yorktown?

He found a lot, as the British advanced the local population flooded in. To stem this, Washington dispatched the 2nd Partisan Legion under Harry Lee conduct a terrorist war against the southern population, forcing them to stay at home to protect their families from Lee, which proved incredibly effective.

District ninety-six (the scene of the major fightings in this campaign) provided the government forces with no less than 4,000 militiamen, hence the urgency of Lee keeping them away from the fighting.
 

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FWIW, the orbat for the two armies:

Government Army
Lord Clinton commanding

Lord Cornwallis' Division
16th Light Dragoons: 292
1st Light Infantry Bn: 700
Queen's Rangers: 393
Grenadier Brigade: 1,324
Hessian Grenadier Brigade: 1,096
Guards Brigade: 924
3rd Brigade: 1,610 (15th, 17th, 42nd and 44th)
4th Brigade: 1,472 (33rd, 37th, 46th, 64th)
5th Brigade: 957 (7th, 26th and 63rd)

Knyphausen's Division
17th Light Dragoons: 266
2nd Light Infantry Battalion: 750
Hessian Jaegar Brigade: 600
1st Brigade: 1,303 (4th, 23rd, 28th and 49th)
2nd Brigade: 1,565 (5th, 10th, 27th, 40th and 55th)
Hessian Brigade: 1,728
Provincial Brigade: 846 (1st Maryland, 2nd Pennsylvania, Catholic Vols, 2nd New Jersey, Guides and Pennsylvania Dragoons)
Arty: 10 12 Pdrs, 30 6 Pdrs, 18 3 Pdrs, 4 5.5" Howitzers

Continental Main Army
George Washington commanding

Light Brigade: 609 (Picked Marksmen and 11 Va)

Advance Wing (Lee)

Maxwell's Division
New Jersey Brigade: 1,332 (1, 2, 3 and 4 NJ)
New Jersey Militia Brigade: 800

Lafayette's Division
Layfayette's Brigade: 1,356 (3 Md, 3 NH, 9 Mass, 4 Penn, 13 Penn, 4 NY and 5 Va)
Scott's Brigade: 1,336 (1 Va, 1 NH, 4 Md, 4 Va, 8 Va, 12 Va, 9 Penn and 12 Mass)

Wayne's Division
Grayson's Brigade: 249 (Grayson's and Patton's Additional Regts)
Jackson's Brigade: 250 (Jackson's and Lee's Additional Regts)
RI and Conn Brigade: 796 (1 RI, 2 RI, 4 Conn and 8 Conn)

Left Wing (Lord Stirling)
1st Penn Bde: 682 (1, 2, 7 and 10 Penn)
2nd Penn Bde: 384 (5, 8 and 11 Penn)
3rd Penn Bde: 502 (3, 6 and 12 Penn, Malcolm and Spencer's Addition Regts)
2nd Mass Bde: 942 (1, 3, 13 and 15 Mass)
3rd Mass Bde: 604 (10, 11 and 12 Mass)

Right Wing (Nathaniel Greene)
3rd Virginia Bde: 522 (3, 7 and 15 Va)
North Carolinia Bde: 510 (1, 3 and 10 NC)
New Hampshire Bde: 462 (2 NH and 2 NY)
2nd Conn. Bde: 800 (1, 2 and 5 Conn)
1st Maryland Bde: 903 (1, 5 and 7 Md, The Delaware Regt)
2nd Maryland Bde: 651 (2 and 6 Md)
1st Virginia Bde: 909 (1, 2 and 9 Va, The German Regt)

Arty: 4 12 Pdrs, 20 6 Pdrs and 24 3 Pdrs
 
Simple Butterfly

Simple have a Skirmish, a week or so before this where General Lee is Killed. Someone more capable is his replacement.
 
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