charles cornwallis, 1st marquess cornwallis was the british general who attended the surrender ceremony at yorktown.
who was the british general who attended the surrender ceremony at yorktown?
charles cornwallis, 1st marquess cornwallis
after being exchanged for the british major general william phillips in november 1780, lincoln returned to washington's main army. he led a large portion of the army south from head of elk maryland to hampton, virginia, to march to the west to yorktown where the british were encamped. lincoln played a major role in the siege of yorktown and the surrender of lord cornwallis on october 19, 1781. cornwallis plead illness, and so did not attend the surrender ceremony, choosing instead to send his second-in-command, the irish general charles o'hara. general washington refused to accept cornwallis' sword from o'hara, directing o'hara to present it instead to lincoln, washington's own second-in-command.
benjamin lincoln
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