On the night of October 14/15, 1781, a combined force of American and French forces stormed two British forts, known as redoubts, that held the right side of the British lines at Yorktown. Behind those forts waited seven thousand or so British troops and their German mercenaries.

Leading the assault on Redoubt 10 was Colonel Alexander Hamilton, personally selected by George Washington to lead what he hoped would be the final attack of the battle. He had also selected crack Rhode Island troops to carry the assault. They had been chosen for a specific reason and they were more than ready to inflict defeat on the hated British.

When the attack was over, Washington knew, as did General Cornwallis, that the Yorktown campaign was over. The were only two questions now. first, would this end British war on America?

The second, was much more telling and the answer would haunt America for the next four score years and four years…

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