This is a cache in a series of caches that highlights some of the Battles fought by American Forces. Hopefully as you go thru these, you will either refresh a memory or learn something new.
Refer to Day of an American Battle-19Oct2007 GC for a more detailed description
The Battle of Yorktown or Siege of Yorktown was fought from April 5 to May 4, 1862, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. Marching from Fort Monroe, Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac encountered Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder's small Confederate force at Yorktown behind the Warwick Line. McClellan suspended his march up the Peninsula toward Richmond and settled in for siege operations.
The cache can be found at N34 31.xx5 w84 06.474
XX= strength of the confererate forces in thousands plus 3