What was the Battle of Yorktown?
Q: What was the Battle of Yorktown?
A: The Battle of Yorktown or Siege of Yorktown was a battle fought from April 5 to May 4, 1862, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War.
Q: Who were the two opposing forces in this battle?
A: The two opposing forces in this battle were Union Major General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac and Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder's small Confederate force at Yorktown.
Q: How did McClellan respond when he encountered Magruder’s troops?
A: When McClellan encountered Magruder’s troops, he suspended his march up the Virginia Peninsula toward Richmond and settled in for siege operations.
Q: What happened on April 16th during this battle?
A: On April 16th during this battle, Union forces probed a point in the Confederate line at Dam No. 1 but failed to exploit their initial success with this attack which held up McClellan for an additional two weeks while he tried to convince the U.S Navy to bypass the Confederates' big guns at Yorktown and Gloucester Point and ascend the York River to West Point and outflank them instead.
Q: What was planned for dawn on May 5th?
A: A massive bombardment was planned for dawn on May 5th by McClellan but before it could take place,the Confederate army had slipped away during the night of May 3rd towards Williamsburg.
Q: Where did this battle take place?
A: This battle took place near the site of 1781 Siege of Yorktown which was also known as final battle of American Revolutionary War in East Coast area .
