Yorktown order of battle

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

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

German Infantry

Anspach-Bayreuth Contingent
Col. August von Voigt:1st Regiment:2nd Regiment:Artillery company

Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) Contingent
Lt. Col. Matthew von Fuchs:Erb Prinz (Prince Hereditaire) Regiment:von Bose Regiment:Jaeger Company:Artillery Company

Loyalists

:Queen's Rangers:British Legion:North Carolina Volunteers:Detachments:Pioneers

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

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)

ource

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