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There are some who think that Gen. MCCLELLAN, on first arriving here, might have carried Yorktown by a sudden dash, and saved the labor, cost and delay of a regular siege.

The Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, began on this day in history, Sept. 28, 1781. Surrounded by Washington's army and French allies by both land and sea, the British realized their cause was hopeless.

When George Washington began writing letters of thanks following his 1781 victory at Yorktown, no one loomed larger in his mind than the commanders of the Allied artillery batteries that decided ...

The Yorktown shipwrecks are now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. General George Washington (center) inspects the French battery on the opening day of the siege of Yorktown ...

The siege of Yorktown started with hordes of American and French soldiers wielding picks and shovels. But not until three days later — on Oct. 9, 1781 – did those same soldiers begin to… ...

YORKTOWN, Virginia -- Everything I knew about the Battle of Yorktown, I learned from the musical "Hamilton." So, yeah, not much.

After Yorktown, the British had lost their will to fight, ... Today marks the 232nd anniversary of the British surrender at Yorktown, the final major battle of the Revolutionary War.

Both Norwich and Lebanon can proudly pay tribute to one of their own patriots as leaders at the Siege of Yorktown in Virginia 240 years ago this past month. Col. Jonathan Trumbull Jr. of Lebanon and ...

When the last veteran of the 1781 siege of Yorktown died, the memory of the spot where Gen. Charles O’Hara surrendered his sword began to waver. Left unmarked on every map — including those ...