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Yorktown campaign

Yorktown campaign
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis.jpg
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
by John Trumbull, depicting the British surrendering to French (left) and American (right) troops.
Oil on canvas, 1820.
Date June – October, 1781
Location Primarily Virginia
Result Decisive Franco-American victory
Belligerents
 United States
 France

 Great Britain

Commanders and leaders

United States George Washington
Kingdom of France Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau
Kingdom of France François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse
United States Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
United States Anthony Wayne
Kingdom of France Charles René Dominique Sochet, Chevalier Destouches
Kingdom of France Jacques-Melchior, Comte de Barras Saint-Laurent

Kingdom of France Claude-Anne-Montbleru, Marquis de St. Simon

Kingdom of Great Britain Sir Henry Clinton
Kingdom of Great Britain Charles Cornwallis Surrendered (POW)
Kingdom of Great Britain Benedict Arnold
Kingdom of Great Britain William Phillips
Hesse August von Voigt (POW)
Kingdom of Great Britain Marriot Arbuthnot
Kingdom of Great Britain Sir Thomas Graves

Kingdom of Great Britain Thomas Symonds (POW)
Strength

American land forces: 5,500, sixty cannon
French land forces: 9,500, ninety cannon
French navy: 36 ships of the line

French naval personnel: 20–22,000

Cornwallis land forces: 7,000
Clinton land forces: 7,000
New York fleet: 25 ships of the line

Yorktown fleet: 63 small ships
Force strengths are maximums marshalled during and shortly after the siege of Yorktown.

 Great Britain

United States George Washington
Kingdom of France Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau
Kingdom of France François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse
United States Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
United States Anthony Wayne
Kingdom of France Charles René Dominique Sochet, Chevalier Destouches
Kingdom of France Jacques-Melchior, Comte de Barras Saint-Laurent


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