Siege of Yorktown
siege · 1781 AD
Siege of Yorktown, a siege recorded 1781 AD: its site mapped, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.
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At a glance
- Kind
- siege
- Date
- 28 September 1781 AD
- War
- American Revolutionary War
- Side 1
- United States and France — led by George Washington, Comte de Rochambeau
- Side 2
- United Kingdom — led by Charles Cornwallis
- Result
- Franco-American victory; Cornwallis surrendered
Recorded boundaries
| Period | Control | Confidence | Evidence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1781 AD | — | high confidence | no observation date recorded | — |
Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.
Sources
- Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century, (2007)