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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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    The Yorktown campaign, also known as the Virginia campaign, was a series of military maneuvers and battles during the American Revolutionary War that culminated in the siege of Yorktown in October 1781.

  4. Siege of Yorktown order of battle - Wikipedia

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    The American forces that opposed Cornwallis at Yorktown also arrived in Virginia at different times, since most of the detachments were made in reaction to the British movements. After Arnold was sent to Virginia, General George Washington , the American commander-in-chief, in January 1781 sent the Marquis de Lafayette to Virginia with 900 men.

  5. Colonial National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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    The park operates the Yorktown Battlefield at the eastern end of the Colonial Parkway in York County at Yorktown. The Thomas Nelson House was built around 1724 and served as Cornwallis's headquarters during the final battle of the Revolutionary War. The battlefield was the site of the British defeat.

  6. Yorktown, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Yorktown is a town in York County, Virginia. It is the county seat of York County, [ 3 ] one of the eight original shires formed in colonial Virginia in 1682. Yorktown's population was 195 as of the 2010 census, while York County's population was 66,134 in the 2011 census estimate.

  7. Siege of Yorktown (1862) - Wikipedia

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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.

  8. Yorktown Victory Monument - Wikipedia

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    1902 photomechanical print of the monument. The Yorktown Victory Monument is a monument erected in Colonial National Historical Park in Yorktown, Virginia, commemorating the 1781 victory at Yorktown and the alliance with France that brought about the end of the American Revolution and the resulting peace with England after the American Revolutionary War.

  9. List of American Revolutionary War battles - Wikipedia

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    Virginia: French victory Battle of Groton Heights: September 6, 1781: Connecticut: British victory Battle of Eutaw Springs: September 8, 1781: South Carolina: British victory Battle of Lindley's Mill: September 13, 1781: North Carolina: Patriot victory Long Run Massacre: September 13, 1781: Virginia: British-Iroquois victory Siege of Yorktown ...