United States
François de Grasse
Gilbert de La Fayette
George Washington
Nathanael Greene
Charles O’Hara #
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.