Franco-American Cooperation Secures Victory

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Franco-American Cooperation Secures Victory (us0040)

Sebastian Bauman. Plan de l’investissement de York et de Glocester, October 22–28, 1781. Philadelphia, 1782. Hand-colored printed map. Rochambeau Collection, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (40)
[Digital ID# ar147100]

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Although the French military in America initially did not want to travel south to engage British forces under General Charles Cornwallis (1st Marquis Cornwallis, 1738—1805), they finally agreed to General George Washington’s plan. The result was an overwhelming Franco-American victory at Yorktown, Virginia, that proved to be the climactic battle of the American Revolution.