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Yorktown took place in the American Revolution and not the civil war a 100 years later. Yorktown was the final battle between the American/ French troops and the British.

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The Siege of Yorktown took place in 1862. To be more precise, April 5-May 4 1862, Union General McClellan's army ran into Major General Magruder's smaller Confederate army and laid siege to the Virginia town.

Yorktown, Virginia is located in York County and Newport News.

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