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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Revolutionary War, (search)
is army to Yorktown Aug. 4, 1781 R. R. Livingston appointed secretary of foreign affairs by Congress Aug., 1781 Congress requires Vermont to relinquish territory east of the Connecticut and west of the present New York line before admission as a StateAug. 20, 1781 Combined armies of Americans and French start for Yorktown, Va., from the Hudson River Aug. 25, 1781 Count de Grasse, with the French fleet, arrives in the Chesapeake Aug. 30, 1781 Lafayette joins French troops under Count de St. Simon at Green Springs, Sept. 3, and they occupy Williamsburg, about 15 miles from YorktownSept. 5, 1781 Benedict Arnold plunders and burns New London, Conn., and captures Fort Griswold Sept. 6, 1781 British fleet under Admiral Graves appears in the Chesapeake Sept. 7, 1781 Indecisive battle of Eutaw Springs, S. C.Sept. 8, 1781 Washington and Count Rochambeau reach Williamsburg Sept. 14, 1781 Siege of YorktownOct. 5-19, 1781 Cornwallis surrenders at YorktownOct. 19, 1781 Sir Henry Cli
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Virginia, (search)
crosses the James and reaches Portsmouth......July 9, 1781 Cornwallis retires with his army to Yorktown......Aug. 4, 1781 General Lafayette at the forks of the Pamunky and Mattaponey......Aug. 13, 1781 American and French army starts for Yorktown, Va., from the Hudson River......Aug. 25, 1781 Count de Grasse arrives in the Chesapeake with twenty-six French ships of the line......Aug. 30, 1781 Combined army passes Philadelphia on the way to Yorktown......Sept. 2, 1781 Count de St. Simon lands 3,200 French at Jamestown Island, and Lafayette joins him at Green Spring......Sept. 3, 1781 They occupy Williamsburg, about 15 miles from Yorktown......Sept. 5, 1781 British fleet under Admiral Graves appears off the Chesapeake, and skirmishes with the French fleet......Sept. 7, 1781 Washington reaches Williamsburg......Sept. 14, 1781 He visits Count de Grasse to plan the siege......Sept. 18, 1781 French and American army (about 16,000) advances within 2 miles of