I believe it was on September 28, 1781
it occurred a year after British general Cornwallis surrender at york town.
General Howe and a large portion of his army had been in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
york town, new york
General Clinton took his forces to New York.
york town
York town
His name was Lord Cornwallis
General Washington in New York
The general for the British was Henry Clinton
British general and playwright John Burgoyne did surrender 5,000 British and Hessian troops to the American General Horatio Gates at Saratoga, New York, in 1777.
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