War of Independence of the United States of America. British General Cornwallis (1738-1805) surrender after Battle of Yorktown, Virginia, on October 1
War of Independence of the United States of America. British General Cornwallis (1738-1805) surrender after Battle of Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19, 1781. American army defeated the British. General Cornwallis surrendered his troops. Pleading illness, Cornwallis did not attend the surrender ceremony, but his second-in-command, General Charles O’Hara, carried Cornwallis’ sword to the American and French commanders. Engraving by Vernier. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amérique in 1837. Spanish edition, printed in Barcelona, 1850.
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