28, 1781. The siege ended three weeks later, on Oct. 19, with the surrender of the British garrison led by Lord Charles Cornwallis. George Washington's Continental Army and French allies ...

His research led him to British commander Charles Cornwallis, who occupied the Old Stone House during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776. After surrendering to George Washington at Yorktown in 1781, ...

(WHTM) — It’s 1781. In Yorktown, Virginia, a British army under the command of Major General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, surrenders to a combined force of Americans under ...

Charles Cornwallis (December 31, 1738 - October 5, 1805) was a British Army general and official who became the first Governor-General appointed under the Government of India Act. Why is he called ...

Charles Cornwallis, would sweep through the Carolinas and into Virginia, enlisting loyalist Americans to take up arms against their neighbors. The southern campaign of 1780-81, Alan Pell Crawford ...

Lord Charles Cornwallis. His forces were on their way to the pivotal Battle of Yorktown, where the British suffered great losses and surrendered. The war officially ended in 1783. Archaeological ...

where British General Lord Charles Cornwallis formally surrendered. This victory became known as the end of the Revolutionary War. Most of the Continental Army was disbanded in 1783 after the ...