Yorktown: The Last Battle Of The Revolution

The battle of Yorktown was considered by most the last battle of the revolution. Much of the British army was waiting at Yorktown, a town on the coast of Virginia, under general Cornwallis. The army was stationed there while it waited for reinforcements to arrive to finish the war for once and for all. General Washington, of the continental army, saw this amazing oportunity, and ordered much of his army in New York down to lay seige on Cornwallis. French soliders also sent down with the Americans. The French Royal Navy had also arrived, and surrounded Cornwallis from the sea after they caused immense damage to the British fleet, which left.
After weeks of seige, Cornwallis surrendered. In total 400 Americans died and 600 British died during