: Yorktown: Climax of the Revolution by Hatch Charles E Jr Editor Pitkin Thomas M Editor - Virginia History Revolution 1775-1783; Yorktown (Va.) History Siege 1781

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THE SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS'S ARMY Frontispiece

PLAN OF THE SIEGE OF YORK TOWN IN VIRGINIA 6

THE STORMING OF REDOUBT NUMBER TEN 12

THE LAST DAY OF THE SIEGE 16

THE MOORE HOUSE 19

CORNWALLIS'S PAROLE 21

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The story of the last great act in the drama of American independence has been told many times, but never more vividly than in the words of the actors themselves. This book is an attempt to portray the crowning campaign of the American Revolution in the language of participants. Cornwallis, commander of the British forces, and Tarleton, his dashing cavalry leader, have been called upon to describe scenes and events inside Yorktown, during the campaign which culminated in the surrender of Cornwallis's army and was followed by the abandonment of British efforts to reduce the revolting American colonies to their old allegiance. Washington, "Mad" Anthony Wayne, Surgeon Thacher of the Continental Line, the young and chivalrous Count William de Deux-Ponts, and others recount for us American and French operations around Yorktown, for the most part in words penned while the events themselves were transpiring. Lafayette writes exultantly, on the heels of the surrender, that "the play is over," and Washington congratulates the army on its success. Here is the story of the siege of Yorktown recorded by those who were a part of it.

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