What did General Cornwallis say to Washington upon his surrender?

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Lord Cornwallis said nothing to Washington upon his surrender at Yorktown, because they never met. Cornwallis could not bring himself to hand over his sWord to the American commander, so he sent his second in command, General Charles O'Hara to do it for him, claiming indisposition. Washington had his own second in command Gemeral Benjamin Lincoln accept the surrender.

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