Cornwallis is Taken! Lieut. Col. Tilghman of Washington's Staff Announcing the Surrender antique zodiac 1885 — a portrait from

1885 — a portrait from the general's final year

hand down Dred Scott and split the republic at its seams

nothing burns entirely alone

Every traced cone of darkness here feels less like astronomy than liturgy

Cornwallis is Taken! Lieut. Col. Tilghman of Washington's Staff Announcing the Surrender antique zodiac 1885 — a portrait fromCornwallis is Taken! Lieut. Col. Tilghman of Washington's Staff Announcing the Surrender an engraving of the courier's ride from Yorktown, the moment a young aide de camp carried news that a continent had wagered everything on, delivered breathless to a Congress that had not yet dared believe it. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical