Yorktown Wrecks
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yorktown-wrecks-237-5545234
title:
Yorktown Wrecks
text:
The Yorktown Wrecks is an expansive archaeologically sensitive area of Virginia's York River, in whose waters significant naval remnants of the American Revolutionary War are located. As a result of surveys conducted in the 1970s, at least ten sunken vessels sunken or scuttled around the time of the 1781 Siege of Yorktown have been identified. In the days preceding the siege, American and French naval forces sank a number of British vessels off Yorktown, and General Charles Cornwallis ordered th
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Archaeological site in Virginia, United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorktown_Wrecks
date created:
date modified:
2023-08-09T05:50:05Z
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13
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