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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM721_fusiliers-redoubt_Yorktown-VA.html
Here, just west of Yorktown, the British built an earthwork to control the road to Williamsburg. This fortification was manned by the Royal Welch Fusiliers throughout the siege. The path leads to the reconstructed redoubt.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM720_french-trench_Yorktown-VA.html
The extreme left of the American and French lines, commanded by the Marquis de Saint-Simon, was held by a French artillery battery. On October 9, it became the first battery of siege guns to fire on the British, aiming at the nearby Royal Welch Fu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM71Y_the-first-siege-line_Yorktown-VA.html
Washington's troops built works like these when they opened the Siege of Yorktown. These fortifications, together with those of the French, made a circling line that stretched a mile and a quarter, from the York River to Yorktown Creek.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM71A_the-second-siege-line_Yorktown-VA.html
The low earthworks on either side are part of the French and American advance line. Construction was started when allied artillery fire had sufficiently weakened the British defenses. The line was completed after the capture of Redoubts No. 9 and 10.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM719_grand-french-battery_Yorktown-VA.html
These three batteries and redoubt were a continuation of the Grand French Battery complex across the road. Occupying a section 1,000 feet from east to west, this battery complex contained approximately thirty pieces of artillery which bombarded th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM711_yorktown-victory-monument_Yorktown-VA.html
This monument was authorized by Continental Congress, October 29, 1781, just after the news of surrender reached Philadelphia. Actual construction began 100 years later and was completed in 1884. The original figure of Liberty atop the Victory sha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM70Z_the-hornwork_Yorktown-VA.html
To your right the British extended their works outward along the York-Hampton Road a principal entrance into Yorktown which they blocked with this "Hornwork." It was garrisoned by Colonel Abercrombie's Light Infantry.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM70V_surrender-road_Yorktown-VA.html
The course of the road here is about as it was in colonial times. On October 19, 1781, in the afternoon, the soldiers of Cornwallis' Army marched this way and filed off into the field on your left. This was the place designated for the formal capi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM70O_york-under-siege-1781_Yorktown-VA.html
Early in October French-American forces closed their grip on the besieged British army in Yorktown and bombarded the town with their combined artillery. Incessant shellfire drove townspeople to seek shelter under this bluff and forced the British …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM70N_brotherhood-preserved_Yorktown-VA.html
A few weeks before his resignation as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, December 4, 1783, Washington said farewell to his officers: "With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take my leave of you." ? But the bond of brotherhood that…