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"York-Town?tho' but stragglingly built?makes no inconsiderable Figure. You perceive a great Air of Opulence amongst the Inhabitants, who have some of them built themselves Houses, equal in Magnificence to many of our superb ones at St. James' as t…
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"?an example of all that was fine and most lasting in Colonial domestic architecture?" Clyde F. Trudell, 1938
Throughout its long history, the Cole Diggers House served many roles in the village of Yorktown. Originally used as a residence and w…
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"On the Peticon of Mungo Somervell to this court for his keeping the ferry in York Town of Same is accordingly granted?" York County Court, September 24,1702
Prior to the American Revolution, the community of Yorktown consisted of individuals w…
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"?Lieutenant-colonel Tarleton directed them to charge into the town, (Charlottesville, Virginia)? and to apprehend, if possible, the governor and assembly. Seven members of the assembly were secured?and several officers and men, were killed, wound…
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This redoubt is one of several positions which the British built on the only "hard ground" approach to Yorktown. These positions formed a part of the outer line of their defenses.
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Most of the high ground around Yorktown was under cultivation in 1781. In the 1770's the land in front of you was known as "General Nelson's Quarter". Here and elsewhere houses that stood have crumbled away and, in many instances, woods have recla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15UB_beaver-dam-creek_Yorktown-VA.html
This sluggish and marshy headwater of the Warwick River generally divided the French and American encampments. Although both forces were under Washington, separate unit organization was respected and preserved through the siege.
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"General Nelson?was excelled by no man in the generosity of his nature, in the nobleness of his sentiments, in the purity of his Revolutionary principles, and in the exalted patriotism that answered every service and sacrifice that his country mig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMPS_yorktown_Yorktown-VA.html
With his contempt for the distant English gentlemen who demanded the colonists search for gold instead of focus on building a strong settlement, Smith foreshadows the anger that Americans felt under British rule.
The lowborn colonists who shoul…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIPL_yorktown-national-cemetery_Yorktown-VA.html
Isaac CorneliusGrave Number 497On August 31, 1861, Isaac and his brother James enlisted in Company C, 100th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. In early May 1864, Lieutenant Isaac Cornelius submitted his resignation but remained with the army, while …