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Yorktown is where the last major battle of the American Revolution was fought in seventeen eighty-one. It was here that General George Washington and his army, along with allied French forces, besieged and defeated General Lord Cornwallis’s British army, effectively ending the war.
Explore the virtual Yorktown Battlefield and discover what it took for the United States to finally gain independence. Click on the various links hidden throughout the battlefield for a virtual wartime reenactment.