What happened to British Gen. Cornwallis after his Yorktown surrender — the final battle of the Revolutionary War? ^17.9%

Blaze Media - By Dave Urbanski - 7/4/2026, 6:00 PM

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It's common knowledge that Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, effectively ended the Revolutionary War — but what happened to the British general after that humiliating defeat? According to the Library of Virginia, the Siege of Yorktown — which turned out to be the final major military engagement of the Revolutionary War — took... more