 Lafayette , aware that he was not strong enough to oppose Cornwallis , fell back rapidly toward his supply base at Fredericksburg . When Cornwallis reached Hanover Court House he stopped the chase , and instead detached Tarleton and John Graves Simcoe on two separate raiding expeditions . Tarleton he sent to raid Charlottesville , where the Virginia legislature was meeting , while he sent Simcoe to Point of Fork , where Baron von Steuben had a supply depot . Both expeditions were qualified successes ; Tarleton very nearly captured Virginia governor Thomas Jefferson at his home of Monticello , while Simcoe managed to destroy a significant cache of supplies despite being outnumbered by von Steuben 's force . While these raids went on , Lafayette and Wayne joined forces , and Lafayette was further reinforced by the arrival of about 600 experienced militia a few days later . 
