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  2. Siege of Yorktown - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Yorktown campaign - Wikipedia

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    By December 1780, the American Revolutionary War's North American theatres had reached a critical point. The Continental Army had suffered major defeats earlier in the year, with its southern armies either captured or dispersed in the loss of Charleston and the Battle of Camden in the south, while the armies of George Washington and the British commander-in-chief for North America, Sir Henry ...

  4. List of American Revolutionary War battles - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of military actions in the American Revolutionary War. Actions marked with an asterisk involved no casualties. Major campaigns, theaters, and expeditions of the war Boston campaign (1775–1776) Invasion of Quebec (1775–1776) New York and New Jersey campaigns (1776–1777) Saratoga campaign (1777) Philadelphia campaign (1777 ...

  5. Siege of Yorktown order of battle - Wikipedia

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    The storming of redoubt #10 at Yorktown. The siege of Yorktown was the culminating act of the Yorktown campaign, a series of military operations occupying much of 1781 during the American Revolutionary War.

  6. Nathanael Greene - Wikipedia

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    After the battle, the American force under Sullivan left Rhode Island, while Greene returned to his duties as quartermaster general. [43] After mid-1778, the Northern theater of the war became a stalemate, as the main British force remained in New York City and Washington's force was stationed nearby on the Hudson River.

  7. Light Infantry Division at Yorktown (1781) - Wikipedia

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    The Light Infantry Division was a large unit of the Continental Army that fought in the American Revolutionary War. It was formed by unifying the detached light infantry companies from several infantry regiments in September 1781. Its two brigades were made up of three battalions each, though the second brigade was later reorganized into four.

  8. Lessons From the Man Who United Polarized Americans

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    There is no universally recognized war hero with ties to the one of the most revered Americans in history to bring people together. Yet, Lafayette’s tour still has lessons for Americans today.

  9. Battle of the Chesapeake - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Navy's loss of 15 warships with 9 severely damaged crucially affected the balance of the American Revolutionary War, especially during Battle of Chesapeake Bay. An outnumbered British Navy losing to the French proved decisive in Washington's Siege of Yorktown, forcing Cornwallis to surrender and effectively securing independence for ...