. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . /M M .... Drawn by H. A. O^^den. THE SURRENDER OF THE BRITISH AT YORKTOWN, OCTOBER 19th, 1781 The number of British who surrendered was 7,247 soldiers and 840 seamen. This event marked the ..lose ot the Revolutionary War, and the end of British sovereignty in the (_ Drawn l,y C •I AM READY FOR ANY SERVICE THAT I CAN GIVE MY COUNTRY In 1798 our Government was about to declare war against France. Congress appointed Washington cummaiider- In-chief of the American Army. The Sccretarv of War carried the commission
. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . /M M .... Drawn by H. A. O^^den. THE SURRENDER OF THE BRITISH AT YORKTOWN, OCTOBER 19th, 1781 The number of British who surrendered was 7,247 soldiers and 840 seamen. This event marked the ..lose ot the Revolutionary War, and the end of British sovereignty in the (_ Drawn l,y C •I AM READY FOR ANY SERVICE THAT I CAN GIVE MY COUNTRY In 1798 our Government was about to declare war against France. Congress appointed Washington cummaiider- In-chief of the American Army. The Sccretarv of War carried the commission in person to Mt. Vernon. The Iid hero, sitting on his horse in the harvest field, accepted in the above patriotic word;. THE END APPROACHING. 93 captured a British detachment of twelve hundred men. Greene followed upthis victory by sending Morgan to attack one wing of Cornwalliss army atCowpens, near by Kings Mountain, where again a large body of the enemywere captured with a very slight loss on the part of the Americans. Lessdecisive was the battle of Guilford Court House (March 15, 1781), which wascontested with great persistency and courage by both armies. At the end ofthe day the British held the field, but the position was too perilous for Corn-wallis to maintain lono^, and he retreated forthwith to the coast. General Green
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