Yorktown order of battle

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The following units and commanders of the British, American, and French armies fought in the Siege of Yorktown of the American Revolution.

Contents 1 British Army 1.1 German Infantry 1.2 Loyalists 2 American army 3 French Army 4 Source

[edit] British Army

Lt. Gen. Charles, Earl Cornwallis, commanding

Headquarters

Staff

17th Light Dragoons

Marines

Artillery

Royal Regiment of Artillery

(plus detachments of sailors manning guns from scuttled ships

British Infantry

Brigade of Foot Guards
Brig. Gen. Charles O'Hara

Two battalions

Light Infantry Brigade
Lt. Col. Robert Abercrombie, 38th Foot

1st Battalion

(Light companies from the 4th, 15th, 17th, 23rd, 27th, 33rd, and 38th Foot)

2nd Battalion

(Light companies from the 37th, 40th, 43rd, 45th, 49th, 55th, 63rd, and 71st Foot)

82nd Foot

1st Brigade
Lt. Col. John Yorke, 22nd Foot

17th Foot

23rd Foot

33rd Foot

71st Foot, 2nd Battalion

2nd Brigade
Lt. Col. Thomas Dundas, 80th Foot

43rd Foot

76th Foot

80th Foot

[edit] German Infantry

Anspach-Bayreuth Contingent
Col. August von Voigt

1st Regiment

2nd Regiment

Artillery company

Hesse-Kassel Contingent
Lt. Col. Matthew von Fuchs

Erb Prinz (Prince Hereditaire) Regiment

von Bose Regiment

Jaeger Company

Artillery Company

[edit] Loyalists

Queen’s Rangers

British Legion

North Carolina Volunteers

Detachments

Pioneers

[edit] American army

Gen. George Washington, commanding

Headquarters

4th Continental Light Dragoons

Armand's Legion

Artillery
Brig. Gen. Henry Knox

1st Continental Artillery (1 company)

2nd Continental Artillery (9 companies)

4th Continental Artillery (3 companies)

Sappers and miners (4 companies)

Infantry

Light Division
Maj. Gen. Marquis de Lafayette

1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. Peter Muhlenberg

Col. Vose’s Battalion

(8 Massachusetts light companies)

Lt. Col. Gimat’s Battalion

(5 Connecticut, 2 Massachusetts, and 1 Rhode Island light companies)

Lt. Col. Barber’s Battalion

(2 New Hampshire, 2 New Jersey, and 1 Canadian light companies and 3 New Jersey line companies)

2nd Brigade

Brig. Gen. Moses Hazen

Lt. Col. Scammell’s Battalion

(2 New Hampshire, 3 Massachusetts, and 3 Connecticut light companies)

Lt. Col. Hamilton’s Battalion

(2 New York light companies and 2 New York 2 Connecticut provisional light companies)

Hazen’s Canadian Regiment

2nd Division
Maj. Gen. Benjamin Lincoln

1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. James Clinton

1st New York

2nd New York

2nd Brigade

Col. Elias Dayton

1st New Jersey

2nd New Jersey

Rhode Island Regiment

3rd Division
Maj. Gen. Baron von Steuben

1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. Anthony Wayne

1st Pennsylvania Battalion

2nd Pennsylvania Battalion

3rd Virginia

2nd Brigade

Brig. Gen. Mordecai Gist

3rd Maryland

4th Maryland

Virginia Militia
General Thomas Nelson

1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. George Weedon

2nd Brigade

Brig. Gen. Robert Lawson

3rd Brigade

Brig. Gen. Edward Stevens

Dabney’s State Legion

[edit] French Army

Lt. Gen. Comte de Rochambeau, commanding

Artillery
Lt. Col. Comte d’Aboville

Auxonne Regiment

Metz Regiment

Infantry
Maj. Gen. Baron de Viomenil’s Division

Brigade Bourbonnois

Col. Marquis de Laval

Bourbonnois Regiment

Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment

Maj. Gen. Vicomte de Viomenil’s Division

Brigade Soissonois

Col. Marquis de St. Maime

Soissonois Regiment (2 battalions)

Saintonge Regiment (2 battalions)

Maj. Gen. Marquis de St. Simon’s Division

Brigade Agenois

Col. Marquis d’Audechamp

Agenois Regiment (2 battalions)

Gatinois Regiment

Brigade Touraine

Col. Vicomte de Pondeux

Touraine Regiment (2 battalions)

Detachment at Gloucester
Brig. Gen. Marquis de Choisy

Marines

Lauzun’s Legion

(2 squadrons of hussars from the compagnie generale and 2 eme Legion, 4 companies of infantry and detachment of gunners, 2 eme Legion)

[edit] Source

Morrissey, Brendan. Yorktown 1781: The World Turned Upside Down. Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Military, 1999. ISBN 1-85532-688-4