Author Joseph Ellis discussed Robert Morris, "The Financier" and how he provided the funds that allowed for the Continental Army's victory at Yorktown. Javascript must be enabled in order to ...

The Battle of Yorktown was more than just a victory for George Washington and the Continental Army, it was a global effort with history-changing coincidences. Come learn the exciting story of the ...

Officially, the Battle of Yorktown lasted from September 28 to ... George Washington—wisely—decided not to immediately disband the continental army until the Treaty of Paris had been finalized ...

The siege of Yorktown was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War and saw British forces commanded by Lord Charles Cornwallis trapped by Continental Army troops commanded by George ...

Seeking to regain the upper hand in a conflict that was dragging on, a major British army retired to the Yorktown peninsula ... invaluable support to the Continental Army, most notably in the ...

On Oct. 19, 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered to General George Washington, commander-in-chief of the United States Continental Army ... events both preceding and following the ...

But when they faced off with the French and the Americans at Yorktown, it was heavy siege guns — the “kings of battle ... Among them were such Continental Army volunteers as Chevalier ...

Opposite were troops of the “Continental Army” at the command of General ... You all remember the Battle of Yorktown from U.S. History class, right? 1781. A British military weakened and ...

the Battle of Cowpens pitted the talents of two of that conflictAca,!a,,cs most renowned irregular warriors, Daniel Morgan of the Continental Army, and the British ArmyAca,!a,,cs Banastre Tarleton.

A popular legend is that following the Battle of Yorktown ... the British Army didn’t actually see the American Continental Army as a truly honorable foe. The American forces relied on militia ...

“The Continental Army suffered a bitter winner at Valley ... Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Yorktown. “Our Army manned the air, it ran the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did ...