A plan of York Town and Gloucester, in the province of Virginia, shewing the works constructed for the defence of those posts by the British army, under the command of Lt. Genl. Earl Cornwallis, together with the attacks and operations of the American and French forces, commanded by Genl. Washington and Count Rochambeau, to whom the posts were surrendered on the 17th October 1781

Hills, John, surveyor

Faden, William, 1749-1836

1785

from an actual survey in the possession of Jn.o Hills, late Lieutt. in the 23rd Regt. & Asst. Engr.

Wm. Faden

Scale [ca.1:5,750]

English

George Washington's Mount Vernon

Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon

• Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Maps
• Gloucester (Va.)--History--18th century--Maps

• Gloucester
• Gloucester (county)
• North and Central America
• United States
• Virginia
• York (county)
• Yorktown

1 map ; 71 x 54 cm.

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• Shows fortifications, troop locations, and ships on the York River.
• Relief shown by hachures.