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Yorktown
York·town Y0026000 (yôrk′toun′) A village of southeast Virginia on the York River north of Newport News. It was the site of Cornwallis's surrender of the British forces (1781) in the American Revolution. During the Civil War Union troops occupied the town after a siege in 1862.Yorktown (ˈjɔːkˌtaʊn) n (Placename) a village in SE Virginia: scene of the surrender (1781) of the British under Cornwallis to the Americans under Washington at the end of the War of American IndependenceYork•town (ˈyɔrkˌtaʊn)
n. a village in SE Virginia: surrender in 1781 of Cornwallis to Washington in the American Revolution. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Yorktown - a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American RevolutionOld Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Virginia - a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War | | 2. | Yorktown - in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolutionsiege of YorktownAmerican Revolution, American Revolutionary War, American War of Independence, War of American Independence - the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Virginia - a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War |
Yorktown
See also: National Parks and Monuments (table)National Parks and Monuments
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Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
..... Click the link for more information. Yorktown, historic town (1990 pop. 270), seat of York co., SE Va., on the York River 10 mi (16 km) from its mouth on Chesapeake Bay; settled 1631, laid out 1691. It is included in the Colonial National Historical Park (see National Parks and MonumentsNational Parks and Monuments
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Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
..... Click the link for more information. , table). The town, once an important tobacco port, reached its zenith c.1750. The Yorktown campaignYorktown campaign,
1781, the closing military operations of the American Revolution. After his unsuccessful Carolina campaign General Cornwallis moved into Virginia to join British forces there.
..... Click the link for more information. (1781) brought to a close the American Revolution; the battlefield surrounds the town. In the Civil War, Yorktown was besieged (Apr.–May, 1862) by McClellan in the Peninsular campaignPeninsular campaign,
in the American Civil War, the unsuccessful Union attempt (Apr.–July, 1862) to capture Richmond, Va., by way of the peninsula between the York and James rivers. The Plan
Early in 1862, Gen. George B.
..... Click the link for more information. , and the city was taken by Union troops on May 4. Places of interest in Yorktown include the customhouse (c.1706; restored 1929); Grace Church (1697); the Moore House (c.1725), in which the terms of Cornwallis's surrender were negotiated; the Yorktown Monument (1881), commemorating the victory of 1781; and the American Revolution Museum. Bibliography See B. Davis, The Campaign That Won America: The Story of Yorktown (1970). Yorktownsite of American victory over British, ending Revolutionary War (1781). [Am. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 271]See: BattleYorktown a village in SE Virginia: scene of the surrender (1781) of the British under Cornwallis to the Americans under Washington at the end of the War of American Independence AcronymsSeeYKTNYorktown
Related to Yorktown: Siege of YorktownSynonyms for Yorktownnoun a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport NewsRelated Words- Old Dominion
- Old Dominion State
- VA
- Virginia
noun in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troopsSynonymsRelated Words- American Revolution
- American Revolutionary War
- American War of Independence
- War of American Independence
- Old Dominion
- Old Dominion State
- VA
- Virginia
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