Laird & Lee's guide to historic Virginia and the Jamestown centennial ..Full statistics and itinerary .. . YORKTOWN, AS IT IS TODAY. legally established until 1705. At the opening of theRevolution, it was quite an important little town,having an extensive sea trade. Today the inhabitantsnumber less than two hundred. Sept. 27, 1781, the British commenced to cannonadethe opposing forces, the American, army being a miledistant and the French a mile to the left of theAmericans. The siege lasted until October 19, the — 83 —. YORKTOWX BATTLEFIELD MUNIMENT — So — firing commencing in earnest on the n
Laird & Lee's guide to historic Virginia and the Jamestown centennial ..Full statistics and itinerary .. . YORKTOWN, AS IT IS TODAY. legally established until 1705. At the opening of theRevolution, it was quite an important little town,having an extensive sea trade. Today the inhabitantsnumber less than two hundred. Sept. 27, 1781, the British commenced to cannonadethe opposing forces, the American, army being a miledistant and the French a mile to the left of theAmericans. The siege lasted until October 19, the — 83 —. YORKTOWX BATTLEFIELD MUNIMENT — So — firing commencing in earnest on the ninth of October,and continuing with awful intensity until the six-teenth, over three hundred pieces of artillery beingincessantly engaged. It is said that the carcasses ofsix or seven hundred horses could be seen floatingdown the river every day. On the sixteenth, the British attempted to escapeby crossing the river at Gloucester Point, but a severestorm prevented all the detachments from startingand the attempt was abandoned. The next day, Corn-wallis sent out a flag of truce, which resulted in hissurrender, October 19. The Battleground.—The British entrenchments arestill very much in evidence, overgrown with broom-straw, the seed of which was brought to this countryby the British soldiers in the hay for their horses. Ina field near the river, stands a beautiful stone monu-ment bearing the following inscriptions: On thesouth side: At York, on October 19, 1781, after a siege of 19 daysby 5,500 American and
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