The Yorktown campaign, also known as the Virginia campaign, was a series of military maneuvers and battles during the American Revolutionary War that culminated...
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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...
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Yorktown is a census-designated place (CDP) in York County, Virginia. It is the county seat of York County, one of the eight original shires formed in...
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the defeat of General Cornwallis by the allied forces at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781, an event that signaled the effective military end to the conflict...
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USS Yorktown (CV-5) was an aircraft carrier that served in the United States Navy during World War II. Named after the Battle of Yorktown in 1781, she...
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Grasse in the Yorktown Campaign, Our American History "Admiral Comte de Grasse Memorial", National Park Service, Cape Henry, Yorktown, VA William Cowper...
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the American Revolutionary War. American Revolutionary War – war of independence...
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were named for the 1781 Battle of Yorktown. Yorktown was commissioned in April 1943, and participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations...
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The Yorktown class was a class of three aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy and completed shortly before World War II, the Yorktown (CV-5)...
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New Jersey campaigns (1776–1777) Saratoga campaign (1777) Philadelphia campaign (1777–1778) Yorktown campaign (1781) Northern theater of the American Revolutionary...
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The siege of Yorktown was the culminating act of the Yorktown campaign, a series of military operations occupying much of 1781 during the American Revolutionary...
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Charles O'Hara (section Yorktown)
what is generally regarded as the definitive modern study of the Yorktown campaign, The Guns of Independence (2005), U.S. National Park Service historian...
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Expédition Particulière (section Yorktown campaign)
Grasse in trapping Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis's British army at Yorktown; the subsequent Franco-American siege ended in British surrender in October...
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Naval battles of the American Revolutionary War (redirect from Naval campaigns of the American Revolutionary War)
The Campaign That Won America: the Story of Yorktown. New York: Dial Press. OCLC 248958859. Dearden, Paul F. (1980). The Rhode Island Campaign of 1778...
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War, he served in the Invasion of Quebec, the Philadelphia campaign, and the Yorktown campaign. Although his reputation suffered after his defeat in the...
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two years following the end of the battle, Yorktown proved to be the last significant battle or campaign of the Revolutionary War, with the British Parliament...
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America's Oldest Military Decoration and Some Soldier Recipients - The Campaign for the National Museum of the United States Army". 30 April 2016. "Sec...
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American Revolutionary War (section Western campaign)
later surrendered at Yorktown, was one of many senior officers who initially refused to serve in North America. The 1775 campaign showed the British overestimated...
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Battle of Monmouth Battles of Saratoga Sullivan Expedition Yorktown campaign Siege of Yorktown Culper Spy Ring Newburgh Conspiracy Newburgh letter Asgill...
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critical role in helping the United States defeat the British Army at Yorktown in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. He was commander-in-chief...
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capture of the main British invasion force in the south at the Siege of Yorktown, which resulted in the American and their allied victory in the land war...
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James Monroe (redirect from James Monroe 1816 presidential campaign)
Monroe did not serve during the Yorktown campaign, and, much to his frustration, did not take part in the Siege of Yorktown. Although Andrew Jackson served...
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support to the Continental Army and government. After Cornwallis occupied Yorktown, the Legion moved across the York River to Gloucester on 2 October. They...
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Battle of Monmouth Battles of Saratoga Sullivan Expedition Yorktown campaign Siege of Yorktown Culper Spy Ring Newburgh Conspiracy Newburgh letter Asgill...
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The Yorktown Victory Monument is a monument erected in Colonial National Historical Park in Yorktown, Virginia, commemorating the 1781 victory at Yorktown...
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Lieutenant General Charles, Earl Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19, 1781, ending the Siege of Yorktown, which virtually guaranteed American independence...
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Raid on Richmond (category Battles of the Yorktown Campaign)
Revolutionary War. Led by American defector Benedict Arnold, the Richmond campaign is considered one of his greatest successes while serving under the British...
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Boston campaign was the opening campaign of the American Revolutionary War, taking place primarily in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The campaign began...
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— Cornwallis, to Washington after dining with him following the Siege of Yorktown, 1781 American Revolutionary War#Early engagements List of American Revolutionary...
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Navy at Chesapeake during the Yorktown campaign. Comte de Rochambeau 1725–1807 French Orchestrator of the Yorktown campaign which led to the British surrender...
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