Here's the Yorktown Victory Monument approved by the Continental Congress in 1781 following the victory but not erected until 1884. How about the pic of Judy and George? They have the roof of Georges tent he used during the Revolutionary War set up in the Yorktown Victory Center.
The above British cannon shows the result of a direct hit which would have disabled the cannon.
When the British surrendered they also gave up well over 200 light artillery pieces. One of the reason the American & French won was the mortars (fixed location piece on the left) and howitzers (mobile piece on the right) shown in the above left photo used to destroy the British siege lines.
This is a view from the top of the British siege line looking toward the American & French troops lines way over at the tree line across the field. Washington & his ally, French Rochambeau, had skillfully pinned British General Cornwallis between the York River to the rear, swamps and large creeks on both sides and the American & French army. Not that it was Cornwallis' fault, he was ordered to take a defensive position but American trickery, the lack of British reinforcements & supplies, inferior artillery, a smaller army & the weather forced his surrender after a 3 week siege. The Revolution didn't end at Yorktown, the last major Revolutionary battle, in 1780 but it lead to the 1783 Treaty of Paris ending the war and the colonies were now an independent country.
This is a view from the top of the British siege line looking toward the American & French troops lines way over at the tree line across the field. Washington & his ally, French Rochambeau, had skillfully pinned British General Cornwallis between the York River to the rear, swamps and large creeks on both sides and the American & French army. Not that it was Cornwallis' fault, he was ordered to take a defensive position but American trickery, the lack of British reinforcements & supplies, inferior artillery, a smaller army & the weather forced his surrender after a 3 week siege. The Revolution didn't end at Yorktown, the last major Revolutionary battle, in 1780 but it lead to the 1783 Treaty of Paris ending the war and the colonies were now an independent country.
