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The siege of Yorktown, Virginia, reached a crescendo on Wednesday October 17th, 1781. The American and French Troops had been systematically closing in on the enemy, until, at last, the last two major ...

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The British fleet was late in coming to the aid of Lord Cornwallis in Yorktown. Why? Not only were they tardy, but they arrived with but half their fleet strength, and so were roundly defeated by the ...

President Barack Obama delivers remarks during the bicentennial celebration of President Abraham Lincoln's birth as he stands in front of John Trumbull's 1817 painting "Surrender of Lord Cornwallis," ...

Lord Cornwallis has gotten a bum rap in America. He was a gifted troubleshooter who implemented a more streamlined, sustainable version of British power, so that London could emerge triumphant and ...