What led to the British surrender at Yorktown?

The British Surrender at Yorktown October 19, 1781. America declared its independence in 1776, but it took another five years to win freedom from the British. That day came on October 19, 1781, when the British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops in Yorktown, Virginia. read more

The Southern Campaign 1775–1781 Although off to a promising start (Capture of Charleston, Monmouth) the British forces found themselves in a nasty guerrilla war that had many aspects of a civil war. read more

The British Surrender at Yorktown. October 19, 1781. America declared its independence in 1776, but it took another five years to win freedom from the British. That day came on October 19, 1781, when the British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops in Yorktown, Virginia. read more