• Yorktown Battlefield

    Yorktown Battlefield

    Part of Colonial National Historical Park Virginia

Places

Painting of Colonial Yorktown
Painting of Colonial Yorktown
NPS Image
The Historic Town of Yorktown
 
Photo of the Nelson House
Nelson House
NPS Photo
Nelson House
 
Photo of the Moore House
Moore House on Yorktown Battlefield
Cliff and Jean Dickey
Moore House
 
Poor Potter Archaeological Site
Poor Potter Site
Cliff and Jean Dickey
Poor Potter Site
 
Photo of the Victory Monument
Yorktown Victory Monument
NPS Photo
Yorktown Victory Monument

Did You Know?

Yorktown National Cemetery

During the Civil War, 632 Union dead were buried in the heart of the 1781 battlefield. In 1866 this cemetery became a national cemetery. Within a 50 mile radius, the remains of over 1500 Union soldiers were disinterred from their war burials and honorably placed in the Yorktown National Cemetery.