Attempts at reconciliation were not successful, and Hamilton's wish was to simply continue his duties until a replacement could be found. Several months later, in July, Hamilton was given command of a battalion of Lafayette's Division in Moses Hazen's Brigade. He was quite successful in leading an attack at Yorktown and aided in the success of the surrender there. He continued in the military for a couple of years when he was made Colonel on September 30, 1783. He left the service by the end of the year.
H is career path turned down the road to politics.
He spent a year in Congress from 1782-1783 and then spent time working as a lawyer in New York. At the Convention in Annapolis, Maryland in 1786, he authored a draft of a report which resulted in the Constitutional Convention a year later. He also authored more than half of the Federalist papers, while being an advocate for a strong central government and working towards seeing the Constitution ratified. A fter this, Hamilton's career was not very illustrious. Hamilton was very deceptive and dishonorable in his dealings with other government officials, discrediting some of his contemporaries in order to see that his plans, ideas and policies were successful.