The battle of Yorktown was not a single battle. It was more of a siege in which many confrontation accured. In July 1781, British troops under General Cornwallis marched to Yorktown, Virgina, expecting reinforcement from New York. The main participants were for the American and French side; General George Washington, Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur and Comte de Rochambeau. They had around 95800 men. In the other hand British had about 7500 men and where leaded by the Lieutenant General Lord Charles Cornwallis.
In a stroke of luck for the Patriots, the French fleet commanded by Francois, just as Cornwallis chose Yorktown, at the mouth of the Chesapeake, as his base. Washington realized that it was time to act. He ordered
In a stroke of luck for the Patriots, the French fleet commanded by Francois, just as Cornwallis chose Yorktown, at the mouth of the Chesapeake, as his base. Washington realized that it was time to act. He ordered