Now or Never: The Yorktown Campaign
Watch our new animated presentation on the 1781 Yorktown Campaign.
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Learn more about Washington's great triumph at Yorktown in October of 1781.
Supported by the French army and navy, Washington's forces defeated Lord Charles Cornwallis' veteran army dug in at Yorktown, Virginia. Victory at Yorktown led directly to the peace negotiations that ended the war in 1783 and gave America its independence.
Learn more about Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, better known as the Count de Rochambeau who alongside General George Washington defeated the British at Yorktown
Check out our collection of educational materials related to this essential battle of the Revolutionary War.
View and download a copy of our new Yorktown Campaign map. Learn more about how the armies all arrived at Yorktown in the Fall of 1781.
View and download a copy of our new Siege of Yorktown map. This more detailed map will show you the positions of the British, Hessian, French, and American forces.
Read the articles of capitulation - the agreed upon terms of Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown in October 1781.