The Guns of Independence: The Siege of Yorktown, 1781 [1st ed.] 1932714057, 9781932714050, 1932714685, 9781932714685 ; 186227312X, 9781862273122, 1611210054, 9781611210057
The siege of Yorktown in the fall of 1781 was the single most decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The campai
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Table of contents :
Preface / Acknowledgments
Foreword by Robert A. Selig, Ph.D.
Chapter 1: The Campaign of the Allies
Chapter 2: The Lion Comes to Yorktown
Chapter 3: The British Positions
Chapter 4: Washington Takes Command
Chapter 5: Investment
Chapter 6: The Noose Tightens
Chapter 7: The Lion at Bay
Chapter 8: On the Verge
Chapter 9: The Guns of October
Chapter 10: The Earth Trembles
Chapter 11: Night of Heroes
Chapter 12: Hopes Bright and Dim
Chapter 13: Britain Against the Sky
Chapter 14: Broken Sword
Chapter 15: Endings, Beginnings
Postscript: Thereafter
Appendix 1: Modern Photographic Gallery
Appendix 2: The Washington and Cornwallis Correspondence
Appendix 3: The Articles of Capitulation, October 19, 1781
Appendix 4: The Archaeology of the French Grand Battery Complex
Appendix 5: The Artillery at Yorktown
Endnotes
Index
Maps and Photographs
Maps and photographs are located throughoutfor the convenience of the reader. A modern photographicgallery can be found in Appendix 1.
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