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  2. Surrender of Lord Cornwallis - Wikipedia

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    The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis is an oil painting by John Trumbull. The painting, which was completed in 1820, now hangs in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The painting depicts the surrender of British Lieutenant General Charles, Earl Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia , on October 19, 1781, ending the siege of ...

  3. 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.

  4. File:Surrender of Lord Cornwallis.jpg - Wikipedia

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  5. List of British colours lost in battle - Wikipedia

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    A depiction of British colours (left) during the surrender at Yorktown 19 October 1781 43rd Regiment of Foot: King's colour and regimental colour (possible) Surrender at Yorktown: American War of Independence United States of America, France The 43rd Regiment later claimed its colours weren't lost and had been left at the depot in New York.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Charles O'Hara - Wikipedia

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    The British surrender at Yorktown. General O'Hara represented the British at the surrender of Yorktown on 19 October 1781, as Cornwallis' adjutant, when the latter pleaded illness. He first attempted to surrender to French Comte de Rochambeau , who declined his sword and deferred to General George Washington .

  8. Evacuation Day (New York) - Wikipedia

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    Evacuation Day on November 25 marks the day in 1783 when the British Army departed from New York City on Manhattan Island, after the end of the American Revolutionary War.In their wake, General George Washington triumphantly led the Continental Army from his headquarters north of the city across the Harlem River, and south through Manhattan to the Battery at its southern tip.

  9. American Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The 1781 siege of Yorktown ended with the surrender of a second British army, marking effective British defeat. The British army under Cornwallis marched to Yorktown, Virginia, where they expected to be rescued by a British fleet. [83] The fleet did arrive, but so did a larger French fleet.