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The Battle of Yorktown or siege of Yorktown was fought from April 5 to May 4, 1862, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War.Marching from Fort Monroe, Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac encountered Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder's small Confederate force at Yorktown behind the Warwick Line.
The siege of Yorktown was the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in North America, and led to the surrender of General Cornwallis and the capture of both him and his army. The Continental Army 's victory at Yorktown prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the conflict.
Fort Magruder was a 30-foot-high (9.1 m) earthen fortification straddling the road between Yorktown and Williamsburg, Virginia, just outside the latter city (and former Virginia state capital) during the American Civil War. At the center of the Williamsburg Line, it was also referred to as Redoubt Number 6.
Members of the regiment at Yorktown The 1908 book The Union army: a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 -- records of the regiments in the Union army -- cyclopedia of battles -- memoirs of commanders and soldiers gives the following description of the regiment's service:
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May 5-7, 1864 - The Battle of the Wilderness. May 12-21, 1864 - The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. June 1-12, 1864 - The Battle of Cold Harbor. June 16, 1864 to April 2, 1865 - The Siege of Petersburg. April 9, 1865 - The Battle of Appomattox Court House. April 11-13, 1865 - March to Burkesville. May 2-15, 1865 - March to Washington, D.C.
Siege of Yorktown (1862) Battle of Williamsburg ... The 10th Alabama Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the ...
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