A self-guiding auto tour begins and ends at the Visitor Center. Along the drive are the major points of interest which are briefly described below. The complete tour is some 15 miles long but you can take a shorter tour of the 5-mile inner loop. It embraces the battlegrounds, the French and American encampment areas, and the village of Yorktown. The route is marked by uniform signs.
2. REDOUBT NO. 9 (reconstructed).
A detachment of 400 French soldiers distinguished itself on the night of October 14 by storming this British strong point. The fall of this redoubt, and its neighbor, Redoubt No. 10, which was stormed by the Americans on the same night, was a decisive action of the siege.
3. AMERICAN BATTERY NO. 2, SECOND ALLIED SIEGE LINE.
Erected after the capture of Redoubts Nos. 9 and 10, it was one of the most important positions of the second siege line. There are several original artillery pieces mounted in this reconstructed battery.
French sailors visit British Redoubt No. 9 which their countrymen captured in 1781.
The Lafayette Cannon—a 12-pounder made by W. Bowen in 1759.