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.

Siege of Yorktown, (September 28–October 19, 1781), joint Franco-American land and sea campaign that entrapped a major British army on a peninsula at Yorktown, Virginia, and forced its surrender. The siege virtually ended military operations in the American Revolution.

2009年11月9日 · When British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and his army surrendered to General George Washington ’s American force and its French allies at the Battle of Yorktown on October 19, 1781, it...

2016年10月19日 · These three documents—a map, a manuscript, and a print—tell the story of the surrender of British commander Charles Cornwallis to American General George Washington. In October 1781, the successful siege of Yorktown, Virginia, by General Washington in effect ended major fighting in the American Revolution.

General George Washington and his Continental Army had a decision to make in the spring of 1781. They could strike a decisive blow to the British in New York City or aim for the south, in Yorktown, Virginia, where Gen. Charles Lord Cornwallis ’s troops were garrisoned.

2024年10月30日 · Following a siege and bombardment lasting about 20 days, Cornwallis surrendered his army to Washington on October 19, 1781. Although sporadic and bitter fighting continued in the South for several months, the victory at Yorktown was the last major engagement of the American Revolution and effectively ended the conflict in the Americans’ favor.

In the period from September 5 - 9, the French surprised the British fleet at the mouth of the Chesapeake forcing the British navy to retreat to New York, leaving General Cornwallis stranded. After a five-day bombardment, the combined American and French forces attacked and overwhelmed Cornwallis's fortified position on the night of October 14.

2022年10月19日 · When Washington found out Cornwallis was at Yorktown, he ordered American forces in the South to block land routes out of Yorktown. On August 14, Washinton learned there was a fleet of French ships under the command of Admiral de Grasse sailing to the Chesapeake Bay from the Caribbean.

Read the articles of capitulation - the agreed upon terms of Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown in October 1781. In the American War for Independence, 1781 is famous for the Franco-American victory at Yorktown, but it could have been known for a disastrous defeat at New York City.

2024年9月5日 · It resulted in the surrender of British general Lord Charles Cornwallis, whose army had been trapped in Yorktown, Virginia, by George Washington 's Franco-American army on land, and by Comte de Grasse's French fleet at sea.