Siege of Yorktown

Quand

5 avr. 1862 – 4 mai 1862

Type

Siège

Coordonnées

37.18° N, 76.53° W

Description

1862 battle of the American Civil War

Battle of the American Civil War

The Battle of Yorktown or Siege of Yorktown was fought from April 5 to May 4, 1862, as part of the Peninsula campaign of the American Civil War. Marching from Fort Monroe, Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac encountered Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder's small Confederate force at Yorktown behind the Warwick Line.

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