No, he nor any other British leader won it. The Americans won the Battle of Yorktown when the British surrendered. The surrender marked the end of the Revolutionary War.
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The battle of Yorktown was won by the Americans, and was followed by the Treaty of Paris and the end of the war.
The last major battle of the Middle Campaigns during the American Revolution was Yorktown. The Siege of Yorktown took place in 1781.
Charle Conwallis surender was at the battle of Yorktown in 1781. This battle is usually considered as the end of the war of independence.
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Quoted from Wikipedia:"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 George Washington and French forces led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis. It proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in North America, as the surrender of Cornwallis' army prompted the British government eventually to negotiate an end to the conflict."
The British army, under the command of Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis, surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19, 1781.