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
Metadata
Creator
Hills, John, surveyor
Publisher
Faden, William, 1749-1836
Date
1785
Name on Item
from an actual survey in the possession of Jn.o Hills, late Lieutt. in the 23rd Regt. & Asst. Engr.
Publisher
Wm. Faden
Scale
Scale [ca.1:5,750]
Language
English
Location
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local)
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects
Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Maps
Gloucester (Va.)--History--18th century--Maps
Places
Gloucester
Gloucester (county)
North and Central America
United States
Virginia
York (county)
Yorktown
Extent
1 map ; 71 x 54 cm.
Terms and License
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
Notes
Shows fortifications, troop locations, and ships on the York River.