The Campaign that Won America

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National Park Service

Price

$19.99

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Official Store

Things looked bleak for the Continental Army during August 1781. For over six years, the American Revolutionary War wreaked havoc across the United States, and now troops were short on food, clothing, armaments, pay, and morale. Simultaneously, British General Charles Cornwallis entered Virginia and began fortifying Yorktown to secure the Chesapeake Bay for the British fleet. Unshaken by these reports, General George Washington led the Continental Army southward from New York, rendezvousing with French allies along the way. Meanwhile, a French fleet entered the contested bay, swiftly…