what event was taken place at the time of this painting surrender of lord cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis led several successful early campaigns during the American Revolution, securing British victories at New York, Brandywine and Camden. In 1781, as second in command to Gen. Henry Clinton, he moved his forces to Virginia, where he was defeated at the Battle of Yorktown. This American victory and Cornwallisâ surrender of his troops to George Washington was the final major conflict of the American Revolution.