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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM75O_headquarters-site-of-henry-knox_Yorktown-VA.html
Knox's able direction of the assembly and deployment of artillery in the Siege was a key element in the success of the Allied armies. He saw resulting victory, as he related in a note to his wife, as "A great moment for America."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM75C_regiment-royal-deux-ponts-zweibr-cken_Yorktown-VA.html
"With troops so good, so brave, and so disciplined as those that I have the honor to lead against the enemy, one can undertake anything, and be sure of succeeding ? "Colonel en Second Guillaume des Deux-Ponts.
The Zweibr?cken Regiment was raise…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM75B_french-artillery-park_Yorktown-VA.html
Cannon were repaired and stored here. The time-worn earthworks visible on each side of the road were for protection, probably built by the French soldiers who operated the "Park."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM759_french-artillery-park_Yorktown-VA.html
This was an open field when the French wing established its ordinance depot. Here incoming cannon, howitzers, mortars, and their accouterments were made ready to move up to their siege line. Damaged pieces were brought back to the park for repairs.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM758_home-of-thomas-nelson_Yorktown-VA.html
Foundations of the home ofThomas NelsonPresident of the Council andSecretary of Stateof the Colony of Virginiaerected in 1725———————-First Headquarters of Lord Cornwallisit was destroyed duringthe Siege of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM74L_comte-de-rochambeau_Yorktown-VA.html
I hasten to impart to you the happiness I feel at the welcome news of your arrival; and as well in the name of the American army as my own name to present you with an assurance of our warmest sentiments for allies who have so generously come to ou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM74I_american-field-hospital_Yorktown-VA.html
I attended at the hospital, amputated a man's arm, and assisted in dressing a number of wounds.Dr. James Thacher, October 1781
I hastened with all speed to the hospital ? to procure another supply from Dr. Craik; and he desired that if the Marq…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM74G_virginia-militia_Yorktown-VA.html
The approaching Season obliges me to recommend to you ? to use your utmost Efforts for furnishing the Virginia Troops with Cloathing. You will therefore ? adopt ? Measures to send them down immediately - As their Troops are to take the Right of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM74E_marquis-de-lafayette-and-his-division_Yorktown-VA.html
"Here we are at last ? before Yorktown, and our operations will soon be noisy."Marquis de Lafayette, Camp before Yorktown, September 30, 1781
In April 1781, with a developing British military campaign in Virginia, Washington sent the Marquis de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM74C_yorktown_Yorktown-VA.html
The "old town" which you enter here is ringed by stout Civil War entrenchments built on top of the British works of 1781. Englishmen, Scotsmen, Welchmen, Hessians, and Loyalist Americans were quartered here while besieged by American-French forces…