Cornwallis Surrenders at Yorktown
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Military History
- Subcategories: American Revolution, Revolutionary War, Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Wars, Battles
- Curriculum: American Revolutionary History (1776-1788), British History, 18th Century European History, French History
- Geographical Location: Virginia
- Date: October 19, 1781
Article abstract: The entire British field army surrenders to combined American and French forces, marking the military end to the Revolutionary War.
Summary of Event
The surrender of Lord Charles Cornwallis in 1781 at Yorktown made immortal the name of that sleepy village at the tip of a Virginia peninsula. The roots of the Yorktown debacle are to be found in a train of events that followed the decision of the Ministry in London in 1778 to shift the focus of the war to the region below the Potomac. French intervention and failure to win in the North led...
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