The Guns of Independence: The Siege of Yorktown, 1781

A modern, scholarly account of the most decisive campaign during the American Revolution examining the artillery, tactics and leadership involved.

The siege of Yorktown in the fall of 1781 was the single most decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The campaign has all the drama any historian or student could want: the war's top generals and admirals pitted against one another; decisive naval engagements; cavalry fighting; siege warfare; night bayonet attacks; and much more. Unti...