Shots tore through their ranks. Undaunted, the men continued to surge toward an old stone house occupied by British General Lord Cornwallis and his Redcoats. Thousands of British and Hessian ...

TO VIEW THE PICTURES, CLICK HERE.Link The barracks are thought to have been destroyed by fire in 1781 by British General Lord Cornwallis' army on their route to Yorktown, where he suffered a ...

Learn more. According to American legend, the British Army band under Lord Cornwallis played the tune “The World Turned Upside Down” when they surrendered after the Siege of Yorktown ...

Lord Charles Cornwallis. His forces were on their way to the pivotal Battle of Yorktown, where the British suffered great losses and surrendered. The war officially ended in 1783. Archaeological ...

Today, you can stroll the battlefield where British Redcoats decimated American troops and tour the house where Lord Cornwallis established a temporary base of operations. But history is just one ...