American Revolution Archives – Page 2 of 12

November 2 in U.S. military history

1783: Gen. George Washington delivers his “Farewell Address to the Army” near Princeton, N.J., in which he refers to the

1781: British Gen. Charles Cornwallis formally surrenders 7,087 officers and men, 900 seamen, 144 cannons, 15 galleys, a frigate, and

1777: Continental forces under the command of Gen. Horatio Gates decisively defeat British forces under Gen. John “Gentleman Johnny” Burgoyne

1777: Near what will soon become the United States Military Academy (West Point, N.Y.), British troops simultaneously attack – and

1781: Gen. George Washington leads a combined army of 8,000 Continentals, 7,800 French soldiers, and 3,100 Colonial militia out of