Transcriber’s Notes: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics. Additional Transcriber’s Notes are at the end. * * * * * Yorktown [Illustration] _CLIMAX of the_ REVOLUTION NATIONAL PARK SERVICE _Source Book Series_ NUMBER ONE * * * * * The National Park System, of which this Colonial National Historical Park is a unit, is dedicated to conserving the scenic, scientific, and historic heritage of the United States for the benefit and inspiration of its people. [Illustration] THIS BOOK printed at the UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. Copies may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, _Washington, D. C._ PRICE 20 CENTS Yorktown _CLIMAX_ OF THE REVOLUTION _EDITED by_ CHARLES E. HATCH, JR. _and_ THOMAS M. PITKIN [Illustration] _WASHINGTON, D. C., 1941 (REPRINT 1956)_ * * * * * UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fred A. Seaton, _Secretary_ [Illustration] NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONRAD L. WIRTH, _Director_ _CONTENTS_ Page 1. CORNWALLIS GOES TO YORKTOWN 1 2. THE FRENCH FLEET BLOCKADES THE CHESAPEAKE 1 3. THE ALLIES ASSEMBLE AT WILLIAMSBURG 3 4. THE BRITISH POSITION 5 5. THE SIEGE BEGINS 8 6. THE FIRST PARALLEL 9 7. THE BOMBARDMENT 10 8. STORMING THE REDOUBTS 11 9. THE BRITISH COUNTERATTACK 14 10. CORNWALLIS TRIES TO ESCAPE 15 11. CORNWALLIS DECIDES TO SURRENDER 17 12. THE PARLEY 18 13. THE SURRENDER 18 14. “THE PLAY IS OVER” 22 15. WASHINGTON CONGRATULATES THE ARMY 22 16. THE MEANING OF YORKTOWN 24 BIBLIOGRAPHY 25 _ILLUSTRATIONS_ THE SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS’S ARMY Frontispiece PLAN OF THE SIEGE OF YORK TOWN IN VIRGINIA 6 THE STORMING OF REDOUBT NUMBER TEN 12 THE LAST DAY OF THE SIEGE 16 THE MOORE HOUSE 19 CORNWALLIS’S PAROLE 21 * * * * * _THIS BOOKLET relates to the Yorktown portion of Colonial National Historical Park, Jamestown-Yorktown, Virginia, which commemorates significant phases of American history from the first settlement at Jamestown until the winning of American independence at Yorktown. Other areas under National Park Service administration commemorating the Revolutionary period of American history are:_