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Yorktown Battlefield
Navies During the Yorktown Campaign

Larrabee, Harold. Decision at the Chesapeake. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1964.

Preston, Anthony. Navies of the American Revolution. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1975.

Sands, John O. Yorktown's Captive Fleet. Charlottesville, VA: The University Press of Virginia, 1983.

Warner, Oliver. Great Sea Battles. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963.

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Aerial view of Yorktown Country Club

Did You Know?
Prior to inclusion in the National Park system, Yorktown Battlefield was part of the Yorktown Country Club. The battlefield was part of its 18-hole Riverview Golf Course. Intent upon preserving the battlefield, the owner of the golf course designed it around existing earthworks.

Last Updated: June 18, 2006 at 09:47 MST