battle of yorktown
Charles Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington.
Charles Cornwall was defeated at the Battle of Yorktown.
battle of yorktown
Washington defeated Cornwallis at Concord on April 19, 1781
Charles George Cornwallis Eliot died in 1901.
Charles George Cornwallis Eliot was born in 1839.
No, General Cornwallis was a loyalist fought the patriots George Washington and then surrender
British Lord and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis lead the British troops against the combined forces of the American Continental Army troops and the French Army troops in the Siege of Yorktown. Cornwallis asked for capitulation terms on October 17, 1781, negotiations began on October 18th, and the articles of capitulation were signed on October 19. Cornwallis claimed illness and did not attend the ceremony of surrender so Brigadier General Charles O'Hara presented the sword of surrender to Benjamin Lincoln, George Washington's second in command.
George Washington
Gen. Charles Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown in 1786 bringing the American Revolution to an end. Gen. Cornwallis sent his second in command, Charles O'Hara, who attempted to deliver Cornwallis's sword to French general, Comte de Rochambeau. But Rochambeau directed O'Hara to American General George Washington, who coolly steered the British officer to Washington's own second in command, Major General Benjamin Lincoln.
General Charles Cornwallis basically lost the Revolutionary War after surrendering in this battle. General George Washington and the French Navy managed to trap him and his 8,000 troops in a small port town on Virginia's York River.
the British commander who surrendered to George Washington?