Yorktown
by Jr. Charles E. Hatch
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About this eBook
- Editor
- Pitkin, Thomas M., 1901-1988
- Title
- Yorktown: Climax of the Revolution
- Original Publication
- United States: U. S. Government Printing Office,1941,reprint 1956.
- Credits
- Stephen Hutcheson, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E201: History: America: Revolution (1775-1783)
- Subject
- Yorktown (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1781
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 67745
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67745
- Release Date
- March 31, 2022
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.Untitled
- 3.Yorktown CLIMAX OF THE REVOLUTION
- 4.Untitled
- 5.CONTENTS
- 6.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 7.FOOTNOTE:
- 8.INTRODUCTION
- 9.1. Cornwallis Goes to Yorktown
- 10.2. The French Fleet Blockades The Chesapeake
- 11.3. The Allies Assemble at Williamsburg
- 12.4. The British Position
- 13.5. The Siege Begins
- 14.6. The First Parallel
- 15.7. The Bombardment
- 16.8. Storming the Redoubts — THE FRENCH ATTACK — THE AMERICAN ATTACK
- 17.9. The British Counterattack
- 18.10. Cornwallis Tries to Escape
- 19.11. Cornwallis Decides to Surrender
- 20.12. The Parley
- 21.13. The Surrender
- 22.14. “ The Play is Over ”
- 23.15. Washington Congratulates the Army
- 24.16. The Meaning of Yorktown
- 25.Bibliography
- 26.Transcriber’s Notes:
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