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The British surrendered on October 19, 1781 on the Yorktown peninsula. Cornwallis, the British commander, was too embarrassed to attend the traditional surrender ceremony himself, so he sent his second in command, Charles O'Hara. O'Hara attempted to surrender his leader's sword to the French Commander Rochambeau. Rochambeau declined and directed O'Hara to General George Washington. Washington also did not accept the sword, and sent O'Hara to his own second in command, Benjamin Lincoln.
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Where did General Cornwallis surrender to American and French forces?
Yorktown, in 1781, in Virginia
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1781
Where did British troops surrender at?
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Where did the English surrender to the Continental Army?
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General Cornwallis did not surrender personally to George Washington. Instead he sent a deputy to do the job.
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