Siege of Yorktown

Flag of the United States United States

Flag of France François de Grasse
Flag of France Gilbert de La Fayette
Flag of the United States George Washington
Flag of the United States Nathanael Greene

Flag of the United Kingdom Charles O’Hara #
Flag of the United Kingdom Banastre Tarleton # (stationed at Gloucester, Virginia)

The Siege of Yorktown in 1781 was a decisive victory by a combined assault of French forces led by General Comte de Rochambeau and American forces led by General George Washington, over a British Army commanded by General Lord Cornwallis. The surrender of Cornwallis's army caused the British government to eventually negotiate an end to the American Revolutionary War.