. A history of the United States of America, its people, and its institutions. head of Chesapeake Bay, whence his armywas transported by vessels to Yorktown. The Siege of Yorktown.—This movement put Corn-wallis in imminent peril. The French fleet closed thesea. A strong American and French army closed the was completely surrounded. For a week theplace was bombarded by the army and the fleet. At the ^ The winter of 1780-81 proved a severe one for Washingtons troopsat Morristown. They lacked pay and clothing, and on January 1 thir-teen hundred of the Pennsylvania line broke into op
. A history of the United States of America, its people, and its institutions. head of Chesapeake Bay, whence his armywas transported by vessels to Yorktown. The Siege of Yorktown.—This movement put Corn-wallis in imminent peril. The French fleet closed thesea. A strong American and French army closed the was completely surrounded. For a week theplace was bombarded by the army and the fleet. At the ^ The winter of 1780-81 proved a severe one for Washingtons troopsat Morristown. They lacked pay and clothing, and on January 1 thir-teen hundred of the Pennsylvania line broke into open revolt andmarched for Philadelphia to demand justice from Congress. Waynefaced them with loaded pistols, but they put their bayonets to hisbreast, saying, We love and respect you, but if you fire you are adead man. A committee from Congress met them at Princeton, and,under promise of speedy payment, induced them to return. Britishagents met them also, seeking to bribe them to enter the royal they seized and handed over as spies. THE WAR IN THE SOUTH. 231. Headquarters ofGen. Washiny^ton Headquarters ofGen. Knox Siege of Yorktown. end of that time Cornwallis, finding escape impossible and receiving no aid from Clinton, surrendered his army of seven thousand men. On October 19, 1781, the captive army marched from the works and CornwaUis delivered up his sword/ It is AU Over.—Thestruggle for independence wasover. America was Lord North, the Brit-ish prime minister, heard thenews, he cried, wildly, OGod, it is all over! Soon after he resigned his office, and the peace party came intopower. The War at an End.—The capture of Yorktown prac-tically ended the war. Clinton, learning too late that he hadbeen overreached by Washington, sent a force of seventhousand men by sea to reinforce Cornwallis. They reachedCape Charles five days after the surrender. No furtherconflicts took place. In March, 1782, Parliament resolvedto close hostilities. Savannah was e
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