Siege of Yorktown

The Siege of Yorktown, fought from September 28 to October 19, 1781, was the decisive engagement of the American Revolutionary War. It marked the culmination of a brilliant strategic maneuver by the combined forces of the United States and France, leading to the surrender of Lieutenant General Lord Charles Cornwallis's British army in Yorktown, Virginia. This Franco-American victory not only secured American independence but also critically undermined British resolve to continue the war. Orchest…