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Battle of Yorktown

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The Battle of Yorktown was fought from September 28 – October 19, 1781.

It was fought in Yorktown, Virginia.

On one side were the forces of the Americans and the French who were fighting the British and their mercenaries from the German principality of Hesse-Kassel.

The American forces were lead by George Washington, Marquis de Lafayette, and Alexander Scammel. Their French allies were lead by Comte de Rochambeau and Comte de Grasse. The British opposition was lead by Lord Charles Cornwallis and Charles O'Hara while their German allies were lead by August von Voigt.

The British forces had dug themselves into trenches and forts called redoubts forcing the Americans to siege the fortifications and take over each redoubt one by one. Even though the French Navy was able to cut off the British retreat it took 21 days of fighting until the British were beaten and Lord Cornwallis surrendered his forces to General Washington.

The Siege of Yorktown was the ending point of the Revolutionary War and ended the fighting between British and American forces. Jake Wootan Citations: 1. []