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Cornwallis Surrendered at Yorktown
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The British army, under the command of Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis, surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19, 1781.
The Commander of the British Forces during the surrender was General William Howe. Howe replaced General Gage who returned to England after the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Washington and his army along with French soldiers marched south from New York to meet Lafayette. The two armies met. They surrounded Cornwallis and his British soldiers. Cornwallis surrendered his army to Washington. On October 9, 1781 after 6 years the Revolutionary War was over. In 1783 the Americans and the British signed a peace treaty in Paris, France
General Cornwallis surrendered in Yorktown, Virginia, heralding the end of the Revolutionary War.General Cornwallis surrendered in Yorktown.
Cornwallis Surrendered at Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown came immediately before Cornwallis surrendered.
the British commander who surrendered to George Washington?
Charles Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington.
General Cornwallis surrendered in Yorktown. Yorktown
The British general O'Hara, on behalf of General Cornwallis who claimed to be sick, surrendered Cornwallis's sword at Yorktown. The terms of surrender had been agreed upon earlier that morning. General Rochambeau was the intended receiver, but refused the sword, gesturing instead that O'Hara should give it to General Washington. General Washington then called forth his second in command, General Benjamin Lincoln to accept the sword. Benjamin Lincoln was the commanding general at the Battle of Charleston, where he had been forced to surrender to Cornwallis with humiliating terms of surrender. General Benjamin Lincoln did accept the sword from General Charles O'Hara, officially declaring surrender for the British.
Cornwallis surrendered to Washington and Rochambeau at Yorktown
British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered on October 19, 1781. This took place at the end of the Battle of Yorktown in Virginia.
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General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis and his British and Hessian force.