Download or read book The Yorktown Campaign and the Surrender of Cornwallis 1781 written by Henry Phelps Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Yorktown Campaign and the Surrender of Cornwallis 1781 written by Henry Phelps Johnston and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-17 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Download or read book The Surrender of Cornwallis written by Ann Heinrichs and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2007 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrations, primary documents, timelines, and maps describe the events leading to the surrender of General Charles Cornwallis to George Washington on October 19, 1781.
Download or read book The Surrender of Cornwallis written by William L. Clements Library and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Important Intelligence announcing the Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown 26 October 1781 written by Charles Cornwallis Marquis Cornwallis and published by . This book was released on 1781 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gentleman who arrived this morning, from Providence, has favoured us with the following Importance Intelligence! [....] This Moment an Express arrived... announcing the glorious Intelligence of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, and his Army... Small broadside printed by M. Willis, Boston.
Download or read book The Guns of Independence written by Jerome A. Greene and published by Savas Beatie. This book was released on 2005-04-19 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern, scholarly account of the most decisive campaign during the American Revolution examining the artillery, tactics and leadership involved. The siege of Yorktown in the fall of 1781 was the single most decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The campaign has all the drama any historian or student could want: the war’s top generals and admirals pitted against one another; decisive naval engagements; cavalry fighting; siege warfare; night bayonet attacks; and much more. Until now, however, no modern scholarly treatment of the entire campaign has been produced. By the summer of 1781, America had been at war with England for six years. No one believed in 1775 that the colonists would put up such a long and credible struggle. France sided with the colonies as early as 1778, but it was the dispatch of 5,500 infantry under Comte de Rochambeau in the summer of 1780 that shifted the tide of war against the British. In early 1781, after his victories in the Southern Colonies, Lord Cornwallis marched his army north into Virginia. Cornwallis believed the Americans could be decisively defeated in Virginia and the war brought to an end. George Washington believed Cornwallis’s move was a strategic blunder, and he moved vigorously to exploit it. Feinting against General Clinton and the British stronghold of New York, Washington marched his army quickly south. With the assistance of Rochambeau's infantry and a key French naval victory at the Battle off the Capes in September, Washington trapped Cornwallis on the tip of a narrow Virginia peninsula at a place called Yorktown. And so it began. Operating on the belief that Clinton was about to arrive with reinforcements, Cornwallis confidently remained within Yorktown’s inadequate defenses. Determined that nothing short of outright surrender would suffice, his opponent labored day and night to achieve that end. Washington’s brilliance was on display as he skillfully constricted Cornwallis’s position by digging entrenchments, erecting redoubts and artillery batteries, and launching well-timed attacks to capture key enemy positions. The nearly flawless Allied campaign sealed Cornwallis’s fate. Trapped inside crumbling defenses, he surrendered on October 19, 1781, effectively ending the war in North America. Penned by historian Jerome A. Greene, The Guns of Independence: The Siege of Yorktown, 1781 offers a complete and balanced examination of the siege and the participants involved. Greene’s study is based upon extensive archival research and firsthand archaeological investigation of the battlefield. This fresh and invigorating study will satisfy everyone interested in American Revolutionary history, artillery, siege tactics, and brilliant leadership.
Download or read book March to Victory written by Robert Selig and published by U.S. Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2005 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an indepth account of the Battle of Yorktown in 1781.
Download or read book Oration on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis to the Combined Forces of America and France written by Robert Charles Winthrop and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A View of Cornwallis s Surrender at Yorktown written by Randolph Greenfield Adams and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Surrender at Yorktown written by Zachary Kent and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 1989-10 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the last military campaign of the Revolutionary War which culminated in the surrender of Cornwallis' men to the French and Americans in 1781.
Download or read book Cornwallis Papersthe Campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in the Southern Theatre of the American Revolutionary War written by Charles Cornwallis Marquis Cornwallis and published by Naval & Military Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This work deals with Britain's last throw of the dice in the American Revolutionary War. Comprising six volumes, it contains a fully edited transcript of almost all the papers that were written by, or came before, Lord Cornwallis during his command in the south. The papers cover the siege of Charlestown, his tenuous occupation of South Carolina and Georgia, the autumn, winter and Virginia campaigns, and ultimately his capitulation at Yorktown. Among a mass of matters that are also covered are Craig's occupation of Wilmington, his operations there, the Spanish threat to East Florida, and the eventual collapse of British authority elsewhere in the south. The papers are arranged in 14 parts and 68 chapters. In view of the numberless inaccuracies published about the war most parts begin with an introductory chapter, the purpose of which is to present the papers in an accurate, balanced and dispassionate way. Whether such chapters are seen to succeed will, inevitably, depend to a degree on the perspective from which the papers are viewed. The papers open the door to re-evaluating certain aspects of the war. The introductory chapters very briefly provide pointers besides addressing certain important considerations that have long gone by default"--Publisher's description.
Download or read book YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN THE SURREN written by Henry Phelps 1842-1923 Johnston and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Yorktown Campaign and the Surrender of Cornwallis 1781 Scholar s Choice Edition written by Henry Phelps Johnston and published by Scholar's Choice. This book was released on 2015-02-13 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Yorktown Campaign and the Surrender of Cornwallis 1781 written by Henry Phelps Johnston and published by New York : Da Capo Press, 1971 [c1881]. This book was released on 1971-01-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oration on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis to the Combined Forces of America and France At Yorktown Virginia 19th Oct written by Robert Charles Winthrop and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-18 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oration on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis written by Robert C. Winthrop and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Oration on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis: To the Combined Forces of America and France, at Yorktown, Virginia, 19th October, 1781: Delivered at Yorktown, 19th October, 1881 I AM profoundly sensible of the honor of being called to take so distinguished a part in this great Commemo ration, and most deeply grateful to those who have thought me worthy of such an honor. But it was no affectation, when, in accepting the invitation of the Joint Committee of Congress, I replied that I was sincerely conscious of my own insufficiency for so high a service. And if I felt, as I could not fail to feel, a painful sense of inadequacy at that moment, when the service was still a great way off, how much more must I be op pressed and overwhelmed by it now, in the immediate presence of the occasion! As I look back to the men with whom I have been associated in my own Common wealth, Choate, Everett, Webster, to name no others, - I may well feel that I am here only by the accident of survival. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Oration on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis to the Combined Forces of America and France at Yorktown Virginia 19th October 1781 Delivered at Yorktown 19th October 1881 by Robert C Winthrop written by Robert Charles Winthrop (le père.) and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
