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Surrender of Lord Cornwallis Historical map showing the final campaigns in the southern United States during the American Revolution, focusing on the Siege of Yorktown in 1781. The map traces the movements of French and American forces in brown and British forces in green through Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, with key battle sites such as Yorktown, Guilford Court House, Kings Mountain, Cowpens, and Eutaw Springs marked by crossed swords. Major rivers and cities are labeled for geographic context. Timeline of the American Revolution George Washington at Yorktown Siege of Yorktown
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Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
With the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19, 1781, the Revolution...
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Final Southern campaigns of the American Revolution
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Siege of Yorktown, oil on canvas by Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder, c. 1836....
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Painting depicting the assault on Redoubt 10, during the Siege of Yorktown, October...
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