Gen. Charles Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown in 1786 bringing the American Revolution to an end. Gen. Cornwallis sent his second in command, Charles O'Hara, who attempted to deliver Cornwallis's sword to French general, Comte de Rochambeau. But Rochambeau directed O'Hara to American General George Washington, who coolly steered the British officer to Washington's own second in command, Major General Benjamin Lincoln.
George Washington, at that time a colonel in the Virginia Militia.
The surrender was to George Washington but Cornwallis did not attend claiming he was ill.
Yorktown Corwallis surrendered to gerneral Washington in Yorktown.
At Yorktown. Washington and the french navy overpowered the british,and General Cornwalis Surrendered.
George Washington, Nathanael Greene, Marquis de Lafayette, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Anthony Wayne, Henry Knox, Horatio Gates, Arthur St. Calir, Josiah Harmar, Benedict Arnold, and others
the British commander who surrendered to George Washington?
George Washington was the British leader who surrendered in for Necessity
Yorktown
led by Col. George Washington
Charles Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington.
Fort Necessity
3 July 1754
George Washington received his first surveying instruments from his older half-brother, Lawrence Washington. Lawrence gifted George with a set of surveying tools when George was a teenager, which sparked his interest in surveying and mapping.
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I it is signifigant because after he surrendered he then turned to congress and became a historical figure.
General William Howe
At the end of this revolutionary war battle, the British surrendered and America became an independent nation. general Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington.