General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis was a British Army officer, Whig politician and colonial administrator. In the United States and United Kingdom, he is best known as one of the lead
Jemima, Countess Cornwallis
Portrait of Sir Henry Clinton by John Smart, c. 1777
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis by John Trumbull
Surrender of Cornwallis. At York-town, VA Oct. 1781 by Nathaniel Currier (D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts)
Siege of Yorktown
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The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown and the surrender at Yorktown, took place in 1781 and was the final major land engagement of the American Revolutionary War. It was won deci
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
…as one of the leading British general officers in the American War of Independence. His surrender in 1781 to a combined Franco-American force at the siege of Yorktown ended significant hostilities in North America. Cornwallis later served as a civil and military governor in Ireland, where he helped to bring about the…
Siège de Yorktown, a c. 1836 painting by Auguste Couder Rochambeau (center, gesturing), Washington (center R), Marquis de La Fayette (behind Washington, R), Marquis de Saint Simon (behind Washington, L), Duke of Lauzun (L, mounted) and Comte de Ménonville (R of Washington).
Vallière 4-pounder, French Grand Battery, Yorktown, Virginia
Washington firing the first gun