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Yorktown Campaign - 1781, the closing military operations of the American Revolution. After his unsuccessful Carolina campaign General Cornwallis moved into Virginia to join British forces there. His lieutenant, Banastre Tarleton, engaged American forces under the marquis de Lafayette, Baron von Steuben, and Gen. Anthony Wayne in several minor actions as the British retreated down the York

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The Yorktown Campaign and the Surrender of Cornwallis, 1781 (1881) » Read Now
by Henry P. Johnston. 206 pgs.

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From Yorktown to Valmy: The Transformation of the French Army in an Age of Revolution » Read Now
by Samuel F. Scott. 251 pgs.

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France in the American Revolution (1911) (Chap. XX "The Yorktown Expedition" and Chap. XXI "Yorktown and De Grasse") » Read Now
by James Breck Perkins. 550 pgs.

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...in their power to press us hard this campaign, I know not what may be the consequence...or the French fleet. The capture of Yorktown was the only action of importance...
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The End of North's Ministry: 1780-1782 (Chap. III "Yorktown and the Crisis within the Ministry") » Read Now
by Ian R. Christie. 429 pgs.

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...Elections: the Government Campaign 69...i Yorktown and the House of Commons...another long, wearing campaign like that of 1780...ample majorities. Yorktown transformed the...
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The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 (Chap. 22 "Yorktown and Paris") » Read Now
by Robert Middlekauff. 696 pgs.

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'The Glorious Cause' is a compelling account of the American colonies' struggle for independence. Middlekauff charts the growing conflict between England and America--the political and personal controversies within the halls of Parliament to establish a viable colonial policy--to the ultimate...
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'The Glorious Cause' is a compelling account of the American colonies' struggle for independence. Middlekauff charts the growing conflict between England and America--the political and personal controversies within the halls of Parliament to establish a viable colonial policy--to the ultimate outbreak of military confrontation in 1775 and 1776.
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The War for America: 1775-1783 ("The March to Yorktown" begins on p. 407, and "The News of Yorktown" begins on p. 433) » Read Now
by Piers Mackesy. 566 pgs.

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"Mackesy's War for America still stands as the classic account of the British conduct of the American Revolutionary War. Based on extensive research in British archives, it embodies the mature judgments of a masterful military historian."-John W. Shy. "An important book that no serious student of...
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"Mackesy's War for America still stands as the classic account of the British conduct of the American Revolutionary War. Based on extensive research in British archives, it embodies the mature judgments of a masterful military historian."-John W. Shy. "An important book that no serious student of the War of Independence can afford to neglect."-American Historical Review.The events of the American Revolution signified by Lexington, Bunker Hill, Valley Forge, Saratoga, and Yorktown are familiar to American readers. Far less familiar is the fact that, for the British, the American colonies were only one front in a world war. England was also pitted against France and Spain. Not always in command of the seas and threatened with invasion, England tried grimly for eight years to subdue its rebellious colonies; to hold Canada, the West Indies, India, and Gibraltar; and to divide its European enemies. In this vivid history Piers Mackesy views the American Revolution from the standpoint of the British government and the British military leaders as they attempted to execute an overseas war of great complexity. Their tactical response to the American Revolution is now comprehensible, seen as part of a grand imperial strategy.Piers Mackesy is a noted historian who lives in Scotland. John W. Shy is a professor of history at the University of Michigan.
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The Revolutionary War and the Military Policy of the United States (1911) (Chap. VIII "Yorktown") » Read Now
by Francis Vinton Greene. 352 pgs.

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...218 Campaign of 1781 226...260 Yorktown, September 30-October...H. P. Johnston "Yorktown Campaign" Johnston...relating to the campaign of 1781 is unique...from Boston to...
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Triumph of Freedom, 1775-1783 (Chap. XXVIII "Yorktown") » Read Now
by John C. Miller. 720 pgs.

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...Mediation 378 XX The Campaigns of 1779 392 I. XXI Crisis...Victory 582 VIII. XXVIII Yorktown 596 IX. XXIX The Peace...refuge on a British ship lying near Yorktown. From...
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Soldiers and Sailors of France in the American War for Independence (1776-1783) (1920) (Discussion of the Yorktown campaign begins on p. 150) » Read Now
by Captain Joachim Merlant, Mary Bushnell Coleman. 213 pgs.

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...picture of "The Surrender of Yorktown." This portrait was posed for...simply had re course to memoirs, campaign journals, and correspon dence...THE OFFENSIVE -- THE MARCH...