 Washington arrived in Lafayette's camp before Yorktown on September 17.Commander, General George Washington, commanding

Headquarters


Artillery under Brigadier General Henry Knox


Infantry

Light Division under Major General Marquis de Lafayette


2nd Division commanded by Major General Benjamin Lincoln


3rd Division under Major General Baron von Steuben


Virginia Militia commanded by General Thomas Nelson


The French forces at Yorktown came from two separate sources.The larger force, under the command of Lieutenant General the Comte de Rochambeau, landed at Newport, Rhode Island in 1780, and marched overland to join Washington's army outside New York in the summer of 1781.