When Did Cornwallis Surrender?
The Siege of Yorktown, Also Known as the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown, or the German Battle, Beginning on September 28, 1781, and Ending on...
The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German battle, beginning on September 28, 1781, and ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was ...
What day did Cornwallis surrender?
Surrender at Yorktown
On October 19, 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8,000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown, giving up any chance of winning the Revolutionary War.
How did Cornwallis surrender?
On October 19, General Cornwallis surrendered 7,087 officers and men, 900 seamen, 144 cannons, 15 galleys, a frigate, and 30 transport ships. Pleading illness, he did not attend the surrender ceremony, but his second-in-command, General Charles O'Hara, carried Cornwallis' sword to the American and French commanders.
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