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Cannon on British defenses

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Cannon on British defenses

The Siege
 
Renenactors on British defenses

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Re-enactors during 200th Anniversary in 1981

Unit Lists and Casualty Lists
 
Cannon firing during the 200th Anniversary

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Cannon firing during the 200th Anniversary in 1981

Time Lines
 
Civil War earthworks

Matthew Brady

Civil War earthworks

Civil War Yorktown
 
Marquis de Lafayette

Artist: Charles Wilson Peale
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Marquis de Lafayette

Lafayette and the Virginia Campaign
Colonial Parkway in the fall
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Ranger-led walking Tour
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Lambs Artillery
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Things to do at Yorktown Battlefield
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Victory Monument on a sunny day.
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18-pounder siege gun  

Did You Know?
Artillery played a decisive role in defeating the British at Yorktown. According to Brigadier General Henry Knox, the American artillery commander, the Americans and French fired 15,437 artillery rounds at the British during the eight day bombardment. This is an average of 1.2 shots a minute!

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