The Glory of Yorktown Kindle Edition

Everyone knows that “Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown”. But very few have looked at the factors leading up the final confrontation. “For the first time during this six years' struggle the Americans had the exhilarating sensation of reducing a hitherto dreaded enemy by purely scientific methods of warfare.” This little booklet is an excellent historical account of the events surrounding the importance of Yorktown, Virginia in the Revolutionary war. The American forces had met many defeats, and agonizing setbacks of weather and supply, yet the coming together of forces, both on land and sea at Yorktown allowed America to be victorious. The lesson to be learned here is that the only battle that really matters is the final battle. This Illustrated eBook edition of the 1924 original has been carefully edited for scanning and spelling errors, and is as true to the original as possible. (The original spellings of the period has been left intact.) [EDB Pubs] Read more