During the Peninsula campaign headed by Union General George B. McClellan, he for some unknown reason decided to lay siege to Confederate troops in Yorktown. On May 3, 1862, commanding Confederate General Joseph Johnston decided to evacuate his troops at Yorktown.
Battle of Yorktown
the Battle of Yorktown was the last major battle of the American Revolution.
Battle of Yorktown
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The battle at Yorktown was a big win towards the end of the war. It was the last major battle. After the victory at Yorktown, the British realized the war was too costly to continue.
Confederate commander John Magruder had anticipated as early as January, 1862 that there might be a Union assault at or near the Rappahannock River. He also thought that Yorktown was another possibility. Based on that speculation he made his headquarters at Yorktown and prepared for a Union assault on the James River. He was correct and General George B. McClellan wanted to secure Yorktown before moving west on the peninsula. It was a costly delay in his campaign.
The Confederate victory at the Battle of Chancellorsville was costly. The South suffered 10,737 casualties . The Union army, the Army of the Potomac had 11,116 casualties.
Ultimately, American won through attrition. America made the war so costly for Great Britain for so long that Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown persuaded Parliament that it was better to lose the colonies than to continue in protracted and expensive war with no end in sight.
Confederate General Braxton Bragg was the victor of the Battle of Chickamauaga in 1863. It was a major Union defeat. It was a costly battle for both sides. In victory the Confederates had 17,000 casualties and the Federals suffered 11,000 casualties.
Yorktown was a major American victory, with two American armies pursuing the British Army to a small peninsula. The British believed that they would be resupplied and reinforced by sea, but the French Navy arrived in support of the small American Navy and prevented arrival of British ships. The large British force sued for peace and the King was finally convinced by his advisors and Parliament that the costly war must be ended. In simpler terms, Yorktown is where America became free of foreign rule.
Yes, the south prevents, but temporarily, the Union Army to invade Georgia.
The Civil War battle of Sharpsberg as America's most costly battle whit about 23,00 casualities.