General Cornwallis did not surrender personally to George Washington. Instead he sent a deputy to do the job.
Cornwallis serrendered at Yorktown
General Cornwallis' army surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781, but Cornwallis himself was not there to surrender to General George Washington.
The Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Yorktown, or Surrender of Yorktown in 1781 was a decisive victory by a combined assault of American forces led by General General George Washington and French forces led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis.
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During the American Revolution, the most important surrender by British troops took place in Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781. There, with the help of French troops and naval forces, it was General George Washington who received the surrender of a British force, led by Lord Cornwallis, that had been surrounded, blockaded, and then finally defeated.
British General Lord Cornwallis surrendered his forces to George Washington in Yorktown in 1781. Yorktown is located in Virginia.
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General Cornwallis was the British general that surrendered to the Patriot general, George Washington. That was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War.
General george washington To be more specific: The AMERICANS won the battle of Yorktown which was fought over with the British. The American's LEADER was general George Washington.
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General Cornwallis' army surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781, but Cornwallis himself was not there to surrender to General George Washington.
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Yorktown, Virginia.