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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: gray no-repeat scroll top left;"|Battle of Yorktown
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|Begun
|October 14, 1781
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|Ended
|October 17, 1781
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The '''Battle of Yorktown''' was fought in the fall of 1781 in Yorktown, Virginia, between British forces under the command of General Lord [[Charles Cornwallis]], and the American Continental Army under Lieutenant General [[George Washington]]. The victory at Yorktown effectively ended the [[American Revolution]].
The '''Battle of Yorktown''' was fought in the fall of 1781 in Yorktown, Virginia, between British forces under the command of General Lord [[Charles Cornwallis]], and the American Continental Army under Lieutenant General [[George Washington]]. The victory at Yorktown effectively ended the [[American Revolution]].