Yorktown, VA
2 first-person accounts from the Revolutionary era.
Historical Voices
Alexander Hamilton
Ten Minutes with Bayonets
Alexander Hamilton had spent most of the war at Washington's side, writing letters, drafting orders, and managing the commander's correspondence. He was brilliant at it and miserable about it. He want...
Modern Voices
Walking the Siege Lines
The thing about Yorktown that surprises most visitors is how small and quiet the battlefield is. The British defensive perimeter was roughly a semicircle, maybe a mile and a half across, backed up aga...
