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Battle at Yorktown
Last battle
This was the American victory that ended the Revolutionary War on October 20, 1781. General Charles Cornwallis left the Carolinas after his defeat and then marched north to Yorktown, Virginia, there to wait for reinforcements from General Henry Clinton. To their advantage, America declared war and victoriously won.