Gruesome battles between the British and the American colonists began in 1775, one side is fighting for control, and the other is trying to get out of Britain’s clutches. The American Revolution; the ladder used for the Patriots to climb. Although this war has been going on for years, one battle will decide the fate of this war—the Battle of Yorktown. Two commanders led to creating the building blocks of the future; their names were General George Washington, who was confident of a Continental victory, and Commander Cornwallis, who had his head held high and his back was turned and straight in this battle. Only time will tell what happened between the 8,890 British tropes against the colonists.
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No matter how many tactics, skill, and brutal strength was put on one side, the one that worked harder won. In this case, the Americans won, in the most unpredictable way possible. The fight was all based on time and teamwork, if a major mistake was made, the plan would come down crumbling. To start, Commander Cornwallis and his troops were coming from Wilmington, North Carolina, then they went eastward to Petersburg, Virginia. In his army, he had about 7,500 men, and when he was confronted by 4,500 American troops (under Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Général Anthony Wayne, and Frederick William, Freiherr von Steuben) and had to retreat to keep communication with his seaborne lines. Commander Cornwallis (and his army) retreated to Yorktown, Virginia. Since Yorktown is a peninsula, General George Washington ordered Lafayette to block Cornwallis’s possible ways to escape by land. While this was happening, George Washington’s troops joined 4,000 French troops. This created a screen of troops facing Clinton’s (a Britain general) forces in New York. Another force of the Americans and the French marched rapidly to the Chesapeake Bay, this was where 24 French ships were waiting. This made sure that no British navy could save the trapped British soldiers from inside of Yorktown. Cornwallis was surrounded and didn’t have enough food, and on October 19, Cornwallis surrendered his entire army and was full of shame. Johann Conrad Döhla, a German soldier paid to fight for the British, records what is happening around him during the Battle of Yorktown. On October 19, the day Commander Cornwallis gave his soldiers up, he wrote, “The unfortunate day for England when the otherwise so famous and brave General Lord Cornwallis [...] had to surrender to the united French and American troops under the command of General Washington, and the Marquis de Lafayette.” this is just a snippet of everything he wrote. The effect of the Battle of
Years of fighting and war; all settled …show more content…
No matter how many tactics, skill, and brutal strength was put on one side, the one that worked harder won. In this case, the Americans won, in the most unpredictable way possible. The fight was all based on time and teamwork, if a major mistake was made, the plan would come down crumbling. To start, Commander Cornwallis and his troops were coming from Wilmington, North Carolina, then they went eastward to Petersburg, Virginia. In his army, he had about 7,500 men, and when he was confronted by 4,500 American troops (under Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Général Anthony Wayne, and Frederick William, Freiherr von Steuben) and had to retreat to keep communication with his seaborne lines. Commander Cornwallis (and his army) retreated to Yorktown, Virginia. Since Yorktown is a peninsula, General George Washington ordered Lafayette to block Cornwallis’s possible ways to escape by land. While this was happening, George Washington’s troops joined 4,000 French troops. This created a screen of troops facing Clinton’s (a Britain general) forces in New York. Another force of the Americans and the French marched rapidly to the Chesapeake Bay, this was where 24 French ships were waiting. This made sure that no British navy could save the trapped British soldiers from inside of Yorktown. Cornwallis was surrounded and didn’t have enough food, and on October 19, Cornwallis surrendered his entire army and was full of shame. Johann Conrad Döhla, a German soldier paid to fight for the British, records what is happening around him during the Battle of Yorktown. On October 19, the day Commander Cornwallis gave his soldiers up, he wrote, “The unfortunate day for England when the otherwise so famous and brave General Lord Cornwallis [...] had to surrender to the united French and American troops under the command of General Washington, and the Marquis de Lafayette.” this is just a snippet of everything he wrote. The effect of the Battle of