KK Covers

Surrender of Cornwallis Souvenir Sheet FDC postmarks May 29, 1976 (Philadelphia, PA)

In 1781, a decisive victory by combined assault of American forces led by General George Washington and French forces led by General Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by General Lord Cornwallis. It proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War, as the surrender of Cornwallis's army prompted the British government eventually to negotiate an end to the conflict.