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
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis John Trumbull, 1820
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
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
Siege of Yorktown
…by Comte de Rochambeau, and a French Navy force commanded by the Comte de Grasse, defeating the British Army commanded by British Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis. The French and American armies united north of New York City during the summer of 1781. Following the arrival of dispatches from France that included…
Jemima, Countess Cornwallis
Portrait of Sir Henry Clinton by John Smart, c. 1777
Surrender of Cornwallis. At York-town, VA Oct. 1781 by Nathaniel Currier (D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts)