Yorktown and the Siege of 1781

About this eBook

Author

Hatch, Charles E., Jr.

Credits

Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

E201: History: America: Revolution (1775-1783)

Subject

Yorktown (Va.) -- Guidebooks

Category

Text

eBook-No.

54080

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54080

Release Date

January 31, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.YORKTOWN and the Siege of 1781
2. 2.Contents
3. 3.The Virginia Campaign — BATTLE OF GREEN SPRING. — THE BRITISH MOVE TO YORKTOWN.
4. 4.Siege of Yorktown — STRATEGY OF THE SIEGE. — BATTLE OF THE VIRGINIA CAPES. — ASSEMBLY OF THE ALLIED ARMIES. — INVESTMENT OF YORKTOWN. — BRITISH POSITION. — OPENING OF THE SIEGE. — GLOUCESTER SIDE. — FIRST ALLIED SIEGE LINE. — SECOND ALLIED SIEGE LINE. — CAPTURE OF REDOUBTS NO. 9 AND NO. 10. — LAST DAYS OF THE SIEGE. — NEGOTIATION AND SURRENDER. — THE SEQUEL.
5. 5.The “Town of York”
6. 6.Guide to the Area — 1. VISITOR CENTER.
7. 7.Battlefield Tour. — 2. REDOUBT NO. 9 (reconstructed) . — 3. AMERICAN BATTERY NO. 2, SECOND ALLIED SIEGE LINE. — 4. REDOUBT NO. 10. — 5. AMERICAN SECTOR, FIRST ALLIED SIEGE LINE. — 6. AMERICAN APPROACH ROAD. — 7. MOORE HOUSE. — 8. MOORES MILL DAM. — 9. BENJAMIN LINCOLN’S HEADQUARTERS SITE and 10. LAFAYETTE’S HEADQUARTERS SITE. — 11. SURRENDER FIELD. — 12. SURRENDER ROAD. — 13. ENCAMPMENT DRIVE. — 14. GRAND FRENCH BATTERY. — 15. NATIONAL CEMETERY. — 16. SECOND ALLIED SIEGE LINE. — 17. YORKTOWN. — 18. FUSILIERS REDOUBT. — “TOWN OF YORK”
8. 8.How to Reach Yorktown
9. 9.Colonial Parkway
10. 10.About Your Visit
11. 11.Administration
12. 12.Closely Related Areas
13. 13.Suggested Readings
14. 14.Appendix 1
15. 15.Appendix 2
16. 16.Footnotes — NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HISTORICAL HANDBOOK SERIES
17. 17.Transcriber’s Notes

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