Siege of Yorktown

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. McClellan suspended his march up the Peninsula toward Richmond and settled in for siege operations.

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Battle of Yorktown
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1862 Peninsula Campaign

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Yorktown LOC cwpbh.03378

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Confederate fortifications

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House of Cornwallis's surrender, Yorktown, Virginia-LCCN2008679623

Print, Charge of the First Massachusetts Regiment, Harper's Weekly, May 1862 (CH 18606427)

Cannons in Yorktown, Virginia

Siege of Yorktown, Va. Confederate Water Battery, Nelson Church in rear LCCN2003690296

Winslow Homer - Rainy Day in Camp

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict		Skirmish at Cedar Lane	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1775	Gunpowder Incident	armed conflict	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1781	Siege of Yorktown	United States, Principality of Ansbach, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of Great Britain, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, battle, Loyalist, siege, 2nd Canadian Regiment	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1783	Action of 22 January 1783	France, naval battle, Kingdom of Great Britain	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1861	Battle of Gloucester Point	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1861	Battle of Big Bethel	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1862	Battle of Hampton Roads	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1862	Siege of Yorktown	battle, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1862	Battle of Williamsburg	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1862	Peninsula Campaign	battle, military campaign	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Congress	ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Cumberland	ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Whitehall	steamship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1962	USS Enterprise	former entity, Enterprise-class aircraft carrier, supercarrier, aircraft carrier	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1886	Newport News Shipbuilding	shipyard, shipbuilding, shipbuilding company	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding	2011	Huntington Ingalls Industries	shipbuilding, business, public company, enterprise	Wikidata
site	fort	1834	Fort Monroe	National Park Service, fort, unincorporated community in the United States	Wikidata
site	museum	1959	U.S. Army Transportation Museum	transport museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		USS Manta	sunken vessel, attack submarine, Balao-class submarine	Wikidata
commons	image		Yorktown LOC cwpbh.03378		Commons
commons	image		UnionArtilleryYorktown1862		Commons
commons	image		CivilWarYorktown		Commons
commons	image		Confederate fortifications		Commons
commons	image		UnionBatteryNum4Yorktown1862		Commons
commons	image		House of Cornwallis's surrender, Yorktown, Virginia-LCCN2008679623		Commons
commons	image		Print, Charge of the First Massachusetts Regiment, Harper's Weekly, May 1862 (CH 18606427)		Commons
commons	image		Cannons in Yorktown, Virginia		Commons
commons	image		Siege of Yorktown, Va. Confederate Water Battery, Nelson Church in rear LCCN2003690296		Commons
commons	image		Winslow Homer - Rainy Day in Camp		Commons