This article is about the battle during the American Revolutionary War. For the battle during the American Civil War, see Siege of Yorktown (1862).
Siege of Yorktown
Part of the Yorktown campaign and the American Revolutionary War
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, an 1820 portrait by John Trumbull depicting the British surrendering to Benjamin Lincoln flanked by French (left) and Continental Army troops
George Washington Benjamin Lincoln Henry Knox Alexander Hamilton Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Thomas Nelson Moses Hazen Henry Dearborn Marquis de Lafayette Comte de Rochambeau Comte d'Aboville
Marquis de Choisy Comte de Grasse Comté de Deux-Ponts
Lord Cornwallis Charles O'Hara Banastre Tarleton Robert Abercromby Thomas Dundas Thomas Symonds Matthias von Fuchs August Voit von Salzburg Johann von Seybothen
The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown and the surrender at Yorktown, began September 28, 1781, and ended on October 19, 1781, at exactly 10:30 am in Yorktown, Virginia. It was a decisive victory by a combined force of the American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington with support from Marquis de Lafayette and French Army troops led by Comte de Rochambeau and a French naval force commanded by Comte de Grasse over the British Army commanded by British Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis.
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.[b]
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^ abcdTucker, Spencer (2013). Almanac of American Military History. ABC-CLIO. p. 369. ISBN 978-1-59884-530-3. Archived from the original on 2022-10-19. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
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