September 28 in American History
Washington's American army and French allies, backed by a French fleet controlling the sea, laid siege to General Cornwallis's British force at Yorktown, Virginia. Trapped with no escape by land or water, Cornwallis would surrender within weeks — the victory that effectively won American independence. The endgame of the Revolution opened here.
In 1781: the Siege of Yorktown begins. Washington's American army and French allies, backed by a French fleet controlling the sea, laid siege to General Cornwallis's British force at Yorktown, Virginia.
Washington's American army and French allies, backed by a French fleet controlling the sea, laid siege to General Cornwallis's British force at Yorktown, Virginia. Trapped with no escape by land or water, Cornwallis would surrender within weeks — the victory that effectively won American independence. The endgame of the Revolution opened here.
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