26 февр. 2015 г. · Yorktown was established by Virginia's colonial government in 1691 to regulate trade and to collect taxes on both imports and exports for ...

24 авг. 2024 г. · It had been established in 1691 by an Act for Ports passed by the Virginia House of Burgesses.

21 окт. 2024 г. · Here at Yorktown, in the fall of 1781, General George Washington, with allied American and French forces, besieged General Charles Lord ... Historic Yorktown · Yorktown Guide App · Civil War Yorktown · Fees & Passes

The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown and the surrender at Yorktown, began September 28, 1781, and ended on October 19, 1781, ... Yorktown, Virginia · Siege of Yorktown (1862) · Siege of Yorktown order of battle

Much of the 1862 Yorktown battlefield encompasses the 1781 battlefield of the American Revolution. Today, well preserved Union and Confederate.

The port of Yorktown, which remains the seat of government, was the site of the final battle of the American Revolution where on October 19, 1781, Lord ...

Much of the 1862 Yorktown battlefield encompasses the 1781 battlefield of the American Revolution. Today, well preserved Union and Confederate...

Here on October 19, 1781, British forces under Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered to the combined American and French armies led by General George Washington.

Up on Historic Main Street sits the Yorktown Victory Monument. On October 24, 1781 (five days after Cornwallis' defeat in Yorktown), news finally reached ...

Yorktown Battlefield is site of the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. A visit begins at the National Park Service Visitor Center.