1213+battle+of+yorktown

//Battle//  //of Yorktown// []

On December 1780 Nathaniel Greene took command of the continental army south. Though Greene fought by Washington’s side in many battles He was not ready to command. He knew General Cornwallis (British general) wasn’t ready to take half without risking being attacked by the other half of Yorktown .Greene dispatched 600 soldiers under direction. In mid-September Cornwallis sent his troops to Yorktown – A river on the cheap sake bay to await supplies from New York. When Washington heard that French fleet coming their way He planned to combine French and America to fight for Yorktown. [] Then on October 17 1781 general Cornwallis had no decision he had to surrender.

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References 1. United States. Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt Brace & Co., 2000. Print.

2. English, June, and Thomas D. Jones. Scholastic encyclopedia of the United States at war. New York: Scholastic, 1998. Print.