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September 28, 2010

Cornwallis' Cave at Yorktown, Virginia




In October of 1781, American and French troops closed in on Lord Cornwallis, the British Commander, by ground and sea.  Shelling the town eventually made Cornwallis move his command center to the river side and into this very small cave until his surrender on October 19.

9 comments:

Ginny Hartzler said...

Goodness, that's really some cave! It has windows, and a gate on the door!! I think Martha Stewart must have passed by. Hope she didn't ruin it's historical ststus!

Ginny Hartzler said...

Goodness, that's really some cave! It has windows, and a gate on the door!! I think Martha Stewart must have passed by. Hope she didn't ruin it's historical ststus!

lewi14@gmail.com said...

What an interesting cave! It must be very cramped there...

Elettra said...

Great story in this post

Irredento Urbanita said...

If that walls could speak would tell hundreds of stories.

Regards

Valery

[Barcelona Daily Photo]

A Bit of the Blarney said...

I always learn so much when I stop by here! This is great! Cathy

lizziviggi said...

It makes me very grateful to not be a historical military commander!

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98053 Storage said...

Wow I love going to caves. Really want to visit this someday. Thanks for sharing :)

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