Yorktown
CLIMAX OF THE
REVOLUTION

EDITED by Charles E. Hatch, Jr.
and Thomas M. Pitkin

WASHINGTON, D. C., 1941 (REPRINT 1956)

UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR
Fred A. Seaton, Secretary

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Conrad L. Wirth, Director

CONTENTS

Page
1.Cornwallis Goes to Yorktown[1]
2.The French Fleet Blockades the Chesapeake[1]
3.The Allies Assemble at Williamsburg[3]
4.The British Position[5]
5.The Siege Begins[8]
6.The First Parallel[9]
7.The Bombardment[10]
8.Storming the Redoubts[11]
9.The British Counterattack[14]
10.Cornwallis Tries To Escape[15]
11.Cornwallis Decides To Surrender[17]
12.The Parley[18]
13.The Surrender[18]
14.“The Play Is Over”[22]
15.Washington Congratulates the Army[22]
16.The Meaning of Yorktown[24]
Bibliography[25]

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Surrender of Cornwallis’s Army[Frontispiece]
Plan of the Siege of York Town in Virginia[6]
The Storming of Redoubt Number Ten[12]
The Last Day of the Siege[16]
The Moore House[19]
Cornwallis’s Parole[21]