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The Battle of Yorktown (or Siege of Yorktown) in 1781 was a decisive victory by General Washington and General Comte de Rochambeau's combined American and French forces. The nearly month-long fight in Southeastern Virginia was the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. British General Charles Lord Cornwallis was forced to surrender on October 19, 1781.
The Battle of Yorktown (or Siege of Yorktown) in 1781 was a decisive victory by General Washington and General Comte de Rochambeau's combined American and French forces. The nearly month-long fight in Southeastern Virginia was the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. British General Charles Lord Cornwallis was forced to surrender on October 19, 1781.
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Living Here: History museums and sites
Museums and sites can help you track the story of our region. From the earliest settlers to the space explorers, Hampton Roads museums tell a continuous story of the importance of our region. History museums 1. Air Power Park. Vintage military jets,...Tags: Isle of Wight County, Human Interest, Manufacturing and Engineering, James City County, Museums
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Video chronicles Siege of Yorktown
The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, which operates the Yorktown Victory Center and Jamestown Settlement, has highlights the Revolutionary War's 1781 Siege of Yorktown in a new video "The Yorktown Chronicles" on the foundation's website http://www....Tags: Elections, Lifestyle and Leisure, Memorial Day, Revolutions, Restaurants
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Map: Siege of Yorktown
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Apr 14, 2012 |Story| Hampton Roads Daily PressCivil War at 150: Union blood stains the Warwick
Few places in Virginia were more treacherous in April 1862 than the epic 12-mile line of earthworks that plowed across the Peninsula along the Warwick River. Led by champion New York rifleman Hiram Berdan, Union sharpshooters clad in forest green...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Wars and Interventions, Unions, Human Interest
Oct 10, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles TimesGeorge Washington, in war and peace
Special to the Los Angeles TimesWashington A Life Ron Chernow Penguin Press: 906 pp., $40 On Dec. 14, 1799, an ominous, fog-like gloom hung over Mount Vernon. Sixty-seven-year-old George Washington was dying. The ex-president, his doctors believed, was suffering from "quinsy" (a...Tags: Theodore Roosevelt, Slavery, Elections, Mouth, Biography (genre)
Nov 10, 2008 |Story| Hampton Roads Daily PressTop 10 battles in U.S. history
757-247-4730As we honor our men and women in the service on Veterans Day, we can take a moment to look back at some significant battles that have shaped our everyday lives. The amateur historians at the Daily Top 10 have compiled this list of some of the most...Tags: Defense, World War II (1939-1945), Pacific Ocean, Veterans Day, Davy Crockett
May 20, 2010 |Story| Hampton Roads Daily PressNever forget: History museums
From the earliest settlers to the space explorers, Hampton Roads museums tell a continuous story of the importance of our region to history. HISTORY MUSEUMS 1. Air Power Park. Vintage military jets, missiles, rockets and a children's playground....Tags: Isle of Wight County, Defense, Children, Minority Groups, Adults
May 16, 2008 |Story| Hampton Roads Daily PressFrom Williamsburg to Civil War, Hampton Roads offers rich view into America's past
Daily PressAmerican Indians, British colonists, American revolutionaries, Civil War soldiers and sailors, pioneering educators, aviators and astronauts. They all made history happen right here. 1607 Jamestown is established, marking the beginning of English...Tags: College of William and Mary, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Minority Groups, Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Aug 7, 2006 |Story| Hampton Roads Daily PressNorge native was part of Godspeed tour
223-5682As college students head back to class in the next few weeks, none will tell a "what I did this summer" story quite like Heather Helms. The 19-year-old Norge resident toured six East Coast cities over 80 days as a performer in an original musical...Tags: Children, History, Marilyn Monroe, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), 400th Anniversary of Jamestown
Mar 23, 2003 |Story| Chicago TribuneEmblem of truce's historical hue
Tribune staff reporterWhite is the color of war's ending. Battlefields are multihued with the red of blood, the black of sleepless nights. But in the end, they are marked by little patches of white. Bedsheets hang from civilians' windows. Laying down their weapons, beaten and...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), History, Germany, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant
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Battle of Yorktown (1781) Photos
Union cartographer Robert Knox Sneden drew this map of...
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Maps from the 1862 Siege of Yorktown
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Views from the Siege of Yorktown
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