On Oct. 19, 1781, Britain's Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered with more than 7,000 troops to Gen. George Washington at ...
Discover historic events on October 18-19 including Alaska's US purchase, Battle of Yorktown's pivotal surrender, Boeing 747 ...
On Oct. 19, 1781, Britain's Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered with more than 7,000 troops to Gen. George Washington at ...
Many people believe that fighting in the American Revolutionary war ended with the Siege of Yorktown, Va., Oct. 19, 1781, when Lord Cornwallis was forced to surrender to George Washington. First Name ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Richard Brookhiser talked about Revolutionary War era painter John Trumbull's painting "Surrender of Lord Cornwallis." The American Revolution ...
YORKTOWN, Va. (WCSC) - American and French forces began the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, during the Revolutionary War on Sept. 28, 1781. Land and sea forces entrapped a major British army on a ...
The shade of Charles, Marquis Cornwallis, will revisit the scenes of his American campaigns from New York to the Carolinas in a one-night appearance at St. Paul’s Church, Summerville, on the evening ...
CAMDEN, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - On August 16, 1780 British forces defeated the Patriots at the Battle of Camden. American Major General Horatio Gates marched into South Carolina to liberate the state ...
A special history talk is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy Center, where author and historian Jeffrey A. Denman will explore a pivotal campaign of the ...