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The Surrender
I have the mortification to inform your Excellency that I have been forced to give up the posts of York and Gloucester.
Lord Cornwallis · Letter to General Clinton · October 20, 1781
1781
Cornwallis Surrenders
1781
Siege of Yorktown
1781
British Army Surrenders: The October 19 Ceremony
1781
Battle of the Capes

Yorktown

VA · American Revolution

Cornwallis surrendered his army at Yorktown in October 1781, effectively ending major combat operations.

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October 19, 1781
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The trap closed. The war ended. A band played The World Turned Upside Down.

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