Yorktown in York County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Outer Works

(Reconstructed)

Photographed by Don Morfe, December 9, 2011

1. Outer Works Marker

Inscription. This redoubt is one of several positions which the British built on the only “hard ground” approach to Yorktown. These positions formed a part of the outer line of their defenses.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 37° 13.355′ N, 76° 30.859′ W. Marker is in Yorktown, Virginia, in York County. It is on Historical Tour Drive south of Goosley Road (Virginia Route 238), on the right when traveling north. Marker is located on the Yorktown Battlefield in Colonial National Historical Park-Encampment Area. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Yorktown VA 23690, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Virginia’s Peninsula,

in Coastal Virginia,

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was

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once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Yorktown (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Mary Aggie and the Benefit of Clergy (about 400 feet away); The “NECK” (approx. 0.4 miles away); Grand French Battery (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named The Grand French Battery (approx. 0.4 miles away); Shiloh Baptist Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); First Allied Siege Line (approx. half a mile away); Yorktown National Cemetery (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yorktown.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, November 25, 2015

2. Outer Works Marker

Photographed by Don Morfe, December 9, 2011

3. Outer Works Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2012, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 762 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 5, 2012, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 2. submitted on November 26, 2015, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. 3. submitted on December 5, 2012, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.