This Day In History

 

September 28, 1781

On September 28, 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-28/battle-of-yorktown-begins