title: The Battle of Yorktown (The American Revolution)
author:  Dee Ready 
description: Capstone Press is a publisher of childrens books and digital products.
zlib_text: # SIEGE OF YORKTOWN
  
  ###  _A History From Beginning to End_
  
    
    
  
  BY
  
  ###  HENRY FREEMAN
  
    
  
    
  
  Copyright © 2016
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  Table of Contents
  
  [The Road to Yorktown](text00003.html#sigil_toc_id_1)
  
  [Opening Moves](text00004.html#sigil_toc_id_2)
  
  [The Troops in Motion](text00005.html#sigil_toc_id_3)
  
  [The Battle at Sea](text00006.html#sigil_toc_id_4)
  
  [The Calm Before the Storm](text00007.html#sigil_toc_id_5)
  
  [The Siege Commences](text00008.html#sigil_toc_id_6)
  
  [The Fall](text00009.html#sigil_toc_id_7)
  
  [The End](text00010.html#sigil_toc_id_8)
  
    
  
  #  [>>BONUSES<<](text00013.html)  
  
  
  #  Introduction
  
  The war had gone on longer than anyone expected.
  
  Everyone was ready for this conflict to find some kind of resolution. However,
  no one wanted to give an inch to make that happen.
  
  The whole thing had taken on the appearance of a very elaborate game of chess.
  In the early days of 1781, the city of New York was held by Lord Henry Clinton
  of the British forces. General Geo