Siege of Yorktown
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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.
1862
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Battle of Yorktown
United States,
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Location: 37.22, -76.44, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1862 Siege of Yorktown
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| 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 | ||









