A later engagement by this name was the second encounter of the Peninsular campaign and saw Magruder and Johnston fail to stop McLellan in brief fighting. In the original, William Heath's troops were stationed far to the north as a diversion, enabling the actual force planning to fight this battle to march south. The exchange of artillery began as Fusilier's Redoubt was attacked by Saint-Simon. On the water, Thomas Graves lost to the French fleet under de Grasse, who joined with Wayne, von Steuben, Rochambeau, Lafayette, and Washington's armies to surround a peninsula on which 7000 British tro
A later engagement by this name was the second encounter of the Peninsular campaign and saw Magruder and Johnston fail to stop McLellan in brief fighting. In the original, William Heath's troops were stationed far to the north as a diversion, enabling the actual force planning to fight this battle to march south. The exchange of artillery began as Fusilier's Redoubt was attacked by Saint-Simon. On the water, Thomas Graves lost to the French fleet under de Grasse, who joined with Wayne, von Steuben, Rochambeau, Lafayette, and Washington's armies to surround a peninsula on which 7000 British troops surrendered under Cornwallis. For 10 points, name this 1781 battle, which ended the American Revolution.
A later engagement by this name was the second encounter of the Peninsular campaign and saw Magruder and Johnston fail to stop McLellan in brief fighting.
Battle of {Yorktown}