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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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The Battle of Yorktown took place at Yorktown, Virginia on October 19, 1781. The combination of the American Continental troops, led by George Washington, and the French Army troops, led by the Comte de Rochambeau, led to a victory over the British Army. It was the last major land battle of the American Revolution because when British General Charles Cornwallis surrended, the British government were forced to negotiate and end to the war.

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