The siege of Yorktown was among the most wisely planned and the most vigorously executed of all WASHINGTON's military operations; and there are many features in which the present siege promises to ...

All, however, will concur that the siege of Yorktown was one of, if not the, most decisive actions of the Revolution. This operation combined the Allied forces of America and France, included both ...

New York: Savas Beattie, 2005. Pp. xix, 507. Illus., maps, tables, append., notes, biblio., index. $34.95. ISBN:1-932714-05-7 A masterful account of the campaign and ...

The second siege of Yorktown threatens to rival the first in time, as it far outrivals it in magnitude. Its reduction occupied WASHINGTON's army almost a month, and Gen. MCCLELLAN's army has been ...