No, Cornwallis refused to meet with Washington when the British surrendererd at Yorktown, and he was sent home to England without ever having met Washington face to face.
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General George Washington
Before George Washington was President he was the top general in the Continental Army. George Washington was a farmer and surveyor.
the British commander who surrendered to George Washington?
George Washington was a General of the Continental Army in the 18th century, the Continental Congress later elected George Washington as the Commander-In-Chief. Making him "General George Washington Commander-In-Chief of the Continental Army" he held this position through most of the American Revolution.
General George Washington led the Continental Army and the states' militias in the war against England.