American Crisis: George Washington and the Dangerous Two Years After Yorktown, 1781-1783 William M. Fowler Jr. Walker & Co., 330 pp., $27 Reviewed by Terry Golway Thomas Paine wrote a famous ...

On Oct. 29, 1781 Congress approved construction of a monument, but money was scarce and the problems of putting together a new nation delayed immediate action. As the 100th anniversary of Cornwalli… ...

Thus, when the cannon shots began to rain down on the colonial port on Oct. 10, 1781, Nelson’s house was at the center of the barrage that began the siege of Yorktown after the Grand French ...

yorktown.; mr. bancroft recalls the pledge of congress in 1781 to erect a monument there. share full article. june 27, 1875.

YORKTOWN — The annual remembrance of the Siege of Yorktown in 1781, the Revolutionary battle that led to the British surrender and paved the way for the end of the war, takes place this weekend.

Yorktown in 1781 and 1862. Share full article. May 2, 1862. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from May 2, 1862, Page 4 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

In his new book, Nathaniel Philbrick grabs the reader's head and turns it towards the sea, providing a fresh take on an old story of the Revolutionary War.

By the winter of 1780, Continental Army morale was low - and it would sink even deeper in early 1781 when news reached Washington that Benedict Arnold had escaped capture after pillaging Richmond.

Thus, when the cannon shots began to rain down on the colonial port on Oct. 10, 1781, Nelson’s house was at the center of the barrage that began the siege of Yorktown after the Grand French ...