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Yorktown Battlefield
Contact Us 02-March-2006
Frequently Asked Questions 02-March-2006
National Cemetery Burials 16-August-2007
Yorktown Battlefield 02-March-2006
Yorktown Day 15-October-2008
Yorktown National Cemetery 09-August-2007
Yorktown Victory Weekend 15-October-2008
For Kids
Be A Junior Ranger 15-May-2006
For Kids 15-May-2006
For Teachers
Colonial Family Teacher's Guide 25-September-2008
For Teachers 15-May-2006
Fortunes of War Traveling Trunk Manual 24-February-2009
Teacher-Ranger-Teacher 31-August-2008
Yorktown Educational Programs 15-May-2006
History & Culture
1st and 2d New Jersey Regiments (combined) 25-June-2006
1st New York Regiment 25-June-2006
2d Canadian Regiment 25-June-2006
2d New York Regiment 25-June-2006
3d Maryland Regiment 25-June-2006
4th Continental Light Dragoons 25-June-2006
4th Maryland Regiment 25-June-2006
After Yorktown: 1781-1783 11-June-2006
American Casualties at Yorktown 12-June-2006
American Commander Biographies 18-June-2006
American Units at Yorktown 12-June-2006
Armand's Partisan Corps 25-June-2006
Baron de Viomenil 23-June-2006
Baron von Steuben 19-June-2006
Brigadier General Anthony Wayne 22-June-2006
Brigadier General Benedict Arnold 24-June-2006
Brigadier General Charles O'Hara 24-June-2006
Brigadier General Duportail 19-June-2006
Brigadier General Edward Hand 19-June-2006
Brigadier General Edward Stevens 22-June-2006
Brigadier General George Weedon 22-June-2006
Brigadier General Henry Knox 19-June-2006
Brigadier General James Clinton 22-June-2006
Brigadier General John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg 22-June-2006
Brigadier General Moses Hazen 22-June-2006
Brigadier General Thomas Nelson Jr. 22-June-2006
British Commander Biographies 18-June-2006
British Units at Yorktown 12-June-2006
Captain Johann Ewald 24-June-2006
Chevalier de Chastellux 23-June-2006
Chronology of Events After The Siege 17-June-2006
Chronology of the Siege of Yorktown 17-June-2006
Civil War Yorktown 17-June-2006
Colonel Charles Teffin Armand 22-June-2006
Colonel Elias Dayton 22-June-2006
Colonel John Graves Simcoe 24-June-2006
Colonel John Lamb 22-June-2006
Colonel Joseph Vose 22-June-2006
Colonel Phillip Van Cortland 22-June-2006
Colonel Richard Butler 22-June-2006
Colonel Stephan Moylan 22-June-2006
Colonel Timothy Pickering 19-June-2006
Colonel Walter Stewart 22-June-2006
Colonial National Historical Park 18-June-2006
Colonial Virginia 18-June-2006
Commanders 18-June-2006
Comte de Rochambeau 23-June-2006
Confederate Units at Yorktown, 1862 17-June-2006
Confederate Units page 2 17-June-2006
Confederate Units page 3 17-June-2006
Confederate Units page 4 17-June-2006
Count von Ferson 23-June-2006
Doctor James Craik 19-June-2006
Duc de Lauzon 23-June-2006
Events Leading to the Siege of Yorktown, 1781 17-June-2006
French Army Casualties at Yorkown 12-June-2006
French Army Casualties page 2 12-June-2006
French Army Casualties page 3 12-June-2006
French Commander Biographies 18-June-2006
French Naval Casualties 12-June-2006
French Naval Casualties Page 2 12-June-2006
French Naval Casualties Page 3 12-June-2006
French Naval Casualties Page 4 12-June-2006
French Units at Yorktown 12-June-2006
George Washington 19-June-2006
German Auxiliary Units at Yorktown 14-July-2006
Historic Yorktown 10-June-2006
History & Culture 27-April-2006
History of the Siege 11-June-2006
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton 22-June-2006
Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton 24-June-2006
Lieutenant Colonel de Gimat 22-June-2006
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Carrington 22-June-2006
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Dearborn 19-June-2006
Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens 19-June-2006
Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. 19-June-2006
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Abercrombie 24-June-2006
Lieutenant Colonel Tench Tilghman 19-June-2006
Lieutenant General Charles Cornwaliis 24-June-2006
Major General Benjamin Lincoln 19-June-2006
Major General William Phillips 24-June-2006
Marquis de Lafayette 22-June-2006
Moore House 14-July-2006
Navies During the Yorktown Campaign 18-June-2006
Nelson House 10-June-2006
People 18-June-2006
Places 10-June-2006
Revolutionary War and Southern Campaign Links 18-June-2006
Sir Henry Clinton 24-June-2006
Soldiers and Siegecraft 18-June-2006
Stories 10-June-2006
Suggested Reading 18-June-2006
The American Revolution 18-June-2006
The Moore House and Articles of Capitulation 11-June-2006
The Poor Potter Site 10-June-2006
The Siege 11-June-2006
The Yorktown Campaign 18-June-2006
Union Units 1862 Page 2 17-June-2006
Union Units 1862 Page 3 17-June-2006
Union Units 1862 Page 4 17-June-2006
Union Units 1862 Page 5 17-June-2006
Union Units at Yorktown 1862 17-June-2006
Unit Lists and Casualty Lists 11-June-2006
Yorktown in the Civil War 17-June-2006
Yorktown Victory Monument 26-June-2006
Yorktown Victory Monument (cont.) 26-June-2006
Yorktown Victory Monument page 3 26-June-2006
Nature & Science
Amphibians 12-May-2006
Animals 12-May-2006
Birds 12-May-2006
Coasts / Shorelines 12-May-2006
Environmental Factors 12-May-2006
Fish 12-May-2006
Forests 15-May-2006
Mammals 12-May-2006
Natural Features & Ecosystems 12-May-2006
Nature & Science 27-April-2006
Nonnative Species 12-May-2006
Plants 12-May-2006
Reptiles 12-May-2006
Rivers and Streams 12-May-2006
Trees and Shrubs 12-May-2006
Water Quality 12-May-2006
Plan Your Visit
Accessibility 06-May-2006
Bicycling Information 28-April-2006
Bicycling Safety 28-April-2006
Campgrounds 08-May-2006
Directions 10-April-2006
Fees & Reservations 27-April-2006
For Kids 28-April-2006
Getting Around 06-May-2006
Guided Tours 28-April-2006
Indoor Activities 08-May-2006
Lambs Artillery 07-March-2007
Maps 30-April-2006
Nearby Attractions 08-May-2006
Operating Hours & Seasons 27-April-2006
Pets 08-May-2006
Places To Go 08-May-2006
Plan Your Visit 03-March-2006
Schedule Of Events 03-March-2006
Things To Do 03-March-2006
Things To Know Before You Come 06-May-2006
Tours and Programs 28-April-2006
Visitor Centers 08-May-2006
Weather 06-May-2006
Re-enactor camp in 1981  

Did You Know?
The 9,000 American forces were in the minority during the Yorktown Campaign. The French army and navy combined for over 25,000 men, while the British army and navy participants numbered over 21,000.

Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:31 EST