Today I visited Yorktown, Virginia, where the last great battle of the American Revolution was fought in 1781. The famous John Trumball painting , “The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, 19 October 1781” memorialized the event. Yorktown came under siege for the second time in 1862 when Union General McClellan began his campaign to capture Richmond. The Confederates withdrew from Yorktown, and today the Federal troops still seem to be there!
Preparing for church service
Soldier blows his own horn.
Soldier blows his own horn
Union chaplain and bible
Federal cavalry, Yorktown
Civil War reenactor with the Victory Monument behind him.
Cannon shadow
Union soldiers at Yorktown, 2013
Mounted soldier and flag, Yorktown