US Army 52414 Assault on Redoubt 10 at Yorktown

The siege of Yorktown was the culminating act of the

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, a series of military operations occupying much of 1781 during the

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. The siege was a decisive Franco-American victory: after the surrender of British Lt. Gen. Charles, Earl Cornwallis on October 17, the

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of Lord North fell, and its replacement entered into peace negotiations that resulted in British recognition of American independence with the 1783

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. The siege involved land forces from the United States, including the

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and state militias, as well as land forces under French and British command. The British forces included a large number of troops from various German principalities of the

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that were collectively known as

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s. Since Yorktown, Virginia was specifically selected by Cornwallis for its properties as a deep-water port, both sides had naval support as well: the British forces included some

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vessels, and the Franco-American allies were supported by a large French fleet, some of whose marines were landed to assist in siege operations. German historians have noted that approximately one third of all the land forces involved were either hired or recruited from German states, or were German immigrants to America; this has led the siege to be known in German historiography as "die Deutsche Schlacht" ("the German battle"). The following units and commanders of the British, American, and French forces fought in the

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, or provided significant local support.

British Army

The British Army forces present at Yorktown arrived in Virginia in four separate detachments. The first was sent from

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in December 1780 under the command of the turncoat Brigadier General

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. The second was sent from New York in March 1781 under the command of Major General

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to reinforce Arnold after a Franco-American threat. The third detachment to arrive was that of General Cornwallis, who had been active in the Carolinas and, following the

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on March 15, decided to join forces with Arnold and Phillips. This was contrary to instructions from his superior, Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton, British Commander-in-Chief in North America. He arrived at Petersburg, Virginia in late May to take command of the troops there; Phillips had died of a fever just a week before, and Arnold returned to New York not long after Cornwallis arrived. While at Petersburg, Cornwallis was joined by a fourth detachment from New York that was under the command of the Hessian Colonel August von Voigt. With this force, numbering about 7,200, Cornwallis first chased after the army of the Marquis de Lafayette, a much smaller force of

and local militiamen that had provided some resistance to the movements of Phillips and Arnold. Cornwallis was eventually ordered by General

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to establish a fortified deep-water port at either Yorktown or

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. Cornwallis chose Yorktown, and began constructing fortifications there and Gloucester Point, just across the York River from Yorktown, in August 1781.

British forces

Commander: Lt. Gen. Charles, Earl Cornwallis, commanding * Headquarters ** Staff ** Troop from 17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons, incorporated into

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(elements opposite Yorktown in

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) ** Royal Marines Infantry * Artillery ** Royal Regiment of Artillery (plus detachments of sailors manning guns from scuttled ships) (167 men all of ranks (from RA) ***Detachments from No.1 Company, 4th Battalion, RA ***Detachments from No.2 Co, 4th Btn , RA ***No.6 Co, 4th Btn, RA ***Detachments from No.8 Co, 4th Btn, RA ** Hesse-Hanau Artillery Company * Brigade of Foot Guards commanded by Brig. Gen.

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** 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot Guards (two companies of grenadiers, as opposed to one) ** 1st Consolidated Battalion ** 2nd Consolidated Battalion *

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Brigade commanded by Lt. Col. Robert Abercromby ** 1st Battalion (Light companies from the

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, 23rd, 27th, 33rd, and

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) ** 2nd Battalion (Light companies from the 37th, 43rd, 45th, 49th, 55th, 63rd, and

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) ** 82nd Regiment of Foot * 1st Brigade commanded by Lt. Col. John Yorke **

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** 23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welch Fuzileers) **

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** 2nd Battalion, 71st Regiment of Foot (Fraser's Highlanders) * 2nd Brigade commanded by Lt. Col. Thomas Dundas **

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** 76th Regiment of Foot (MacDonald's Highlanders) **

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German contingents

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Contingent under Col. August von Voigt ** 1st Ansbach-Bayreuth Regiment ** 2nd Ansbach-Bayreuth Regiment ** Ansbach-Bayreuth Artillery Company *

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Contingent under Lt. Col. Matthew von Fuchs ** Erbprinz Musketeer Regiment ** von Bose Regiment ** Jaeger Korps (company) ** Unknown Artillery Company

Loyalists

* Simcoe's Rangers (Cavalry and Light Infantry) * British Legion (Cavalry, Infantry, and Artillery elements) – Opposite Yorktown in

* North Carolina Volunteers * Auxiliary Local Detachments * Pioneers * France Volunteers

American Army

The American forces that opposed Cornwallis at Yorktown also arrived in Virginia at different times, since most of the detachments were made in reaction to the British movements. After Arnold was sent to Virginia, General

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, the American commander-in-chief, in January 1781 sent the Marquis de Lafayette to Virginia with 900 men. He was to be followed promptly by troops from the

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under the command of Brigadier General Anthony Wayne, but Wayne did not arrive in Virginia until June. Lafayette's force included a substantial number of Virginia

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, and he shadowed Cornwallis during the movements that ended at Yorktown, with a skirmish at Spencer's Ordinary and a larger battle at Green Spring being their only significant encounters. The main

of General Washington was at first stationed outside New York City, which Washington hoped to besiege with the assistance of the French army. However, word from Admiral Paul de Grasse of the French

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fleet would sail north to assist in operations on the

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convinced Washington that action was best taken against Cornwallis's army in Virginia. Accordingly, the American and French armies set out in mid-August for Virginia. Some troops went overland the entire way; others were transported on the Chesapeake by ships of the French Navy. Washington arrived in Lafayette's camp before Yorktown on September 17. * Commander, General

, commanding * Headquarters **

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* Artillery under Brigadier General

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(10 company), Lieutenant Colonel

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, Captain Whitehead Coleman **

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(9 companies), Colonel John Lamb **

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(3 companies), Captains Patrick Duffy, William Ferguson, and James Smith ** Sappers and Miners (4 companies) * Light Division, under Major General Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette ** 1st Brigade, commanded by Brigadier General Peter Muhlenberg *** Colonel Joseph Vose's Battalion (8 Massachusetts

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companies) *** Lieutenant Colonel Jean-Joseph Sourbader de Gimat's Battalion (5 Connecticut, 2 Massachusetts, and 1 Rhode Island light infantry companies) *** Lieutenant Colonel

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's Battalion (2 New Hampshire, 2 New Jersey, and Canadian Regiment light infantry companies and 3 New Jersey line companies) ** 2nd Brigade, commanded by Brigadier General Moses Hazen *** Lieutenant Colonel

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Reorganized on October 1 after Scammell was mortally wounded. All the Connecticut companies were grouped under Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens in Scammell's Battalion. All of the Massachusetts companies were sent to Hamilton. (2

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, 3 Connecticut light infantry companies, 1 Rhode Island light platoon under Lieutenant Benjamin Sherburne) *** Lieutenant Colonel

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's Battalion (2 New York light infantry companies; 2 New York and 2 Connecticut provisional light infantry companies) *** Hazen's Canadian Regiment * 2nd Division, commanded by Major General Benjamin Lincoln ** 1st Brigade, commanded by Brigadier General James Clinton ***

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** 2nd Brigade, commanded by Colonel Elias Dayton ***

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* 3rd Division, under Major General

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** 1st Brigade, commanded by Brigadier General Anthony Wayne *** 1st Pennsylvania Battalion *** 2nd Pennsylvania Battalion ** 2nd Brigade, commanded by Brigadier General

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, General Thomas Nelson ** Dabney's Virginia State Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Charles Dabney **Campbell's Riflemen ** 1st Brigade, commanded by Brigadier General

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***Mercer's Virginia Militia BattalionMorrissey, p. 30 ***Weedon's Virginia Militia Battalion ** 2nd Brigade, commanded by Brigadier General Robert Lawson ***Lawson's Virginia Militia Battalion ** 3rd Brigade, commanded by Brigadier General Edward Stevens ***Steven's Virginia Militia Battalion

French Army

The French forces at Yorktown came from two separate sources. The larger force, the

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, under the command of Lieutenant General the

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, landed at

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in 1780, and marched overland to join Washington's army outside New York in the summer of 1781. These troops marched with Washington's army from New York to Yorktown. More of the French troops were transported by boat on the Chesapeake than Americans, due to the French fleet commanders' preferences for transporting their own. The second source for French troops was the Caribbean colony of

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), where Admiral de Grasse picked up more than 3,000 troops under the command of Major General Claude-Anne de Rouvroy de Saint Simon before departing for North America. The land forces were also supplemented by a number of marines provided by de Grasse in support of the siege. The French order of battle is listed below. * Commander Lt. Gen.

, commanding * Commander of Artillery ''Commandament d'Artillerie'' commanded by Lt. Col. Comte d'Aboville ** 2éme Bataillon du Régiment d'Auxonne (Artillery)Combatants of France ** 4 Companies from 1ére Bataillon du

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(Artillery) *** Company from the

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(Artillery) * Maj. Gen. Charles Gabriel, Baron de Viomenil's Division **Brigade Bourbonnois *** Régiment de Bourbonnais (2 Battalions) *** Régiment de Royal–Deux–Ponts (2 Battalions) * Maj. Gen. Joseph Hyacinthe, Comte de Viomenil's Division **Brigade Soissonais *** Régiment de Soissonnais (2 Battalions) *** Régiment de Saintonge (2 Battalions) * Maj. Gen. Marquis de St. Simon's Division **Brigade Agenois ***

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(2 Battalions) *** Régiment de Gatinois (2 Battalions) * Brigade Touraine **

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(2 Battalions) * Detachment at

under

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**1ére Légion (Volontaires Étrangers de la Marine) — 4 companies of infantry and detachment of 2 guns ** 2éme Legion (Légion de Lauzun) — 2 Squadrons of Hussars ** Corps Royal d'Infanterie de la Marine (from the squadron in the Bay)

Notes

Sources

* *Morrissey, Brendan (1999), ''Yorktown 1781: The World Turned Upside Down'', Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Military. *Theodore P. Savas & J. David Dameron, ''The New American Revolution Handbook'',

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: Savas Beatie, 2010/2011. . *Digby Smith & Kevin F. Kiley, ''An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of the American War of Independence 1775-1783'', Lorenz Books. . *

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