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British General Lord Cornwallis surrendered his forces to George Washington in Yorktown in 1781. Yorktown is located in Virginia.
Robert E Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at HOME of Wilmer and Virginia McLean in the TOWN of Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9th, 1865.
British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered on October 19, 1781. This took place at the end of the Battle of Yorktown in Virginia.
The British army, under the command of Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis, surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19, 1781.
We need more information- such as the time period or the war in question- in order to be able to give you a good answer. In the American Revolution, the surrender of British forces came at Yorktown VA. Other wars, other places.
The British surrendered at Yorktown in 1781
When the British surrendered at Yorktown Virginia that was pretty much the end. The French fleet stopped the British fleet at the battle of the capes near present day Virginia Beach. That left the British army stranded at Yorktown.
Yorktown
In 1781, it was the coastal settlement of Yorktown, Virginia, that served as the site of the American Revolution's final major battle, which culminated in the surrender (by Lord Cornwallis) of a sizeable British military force and ultimately led to the end of the war. Minor fighting continued after this American victory, however, and a final peace was not agreed-upon until two years later.