Successful military campaigns depend on a foundation of good, reliable intelligence. This has been true ever since the advent of organized armies. While many of the means by which reliable intelligence is created have changed, the underlying need that commanders have for such information has remained basically constant throughout history.
Two hundred and thirty years ago a concerted intelligence effort was about to reap the ultimate military reward right here in Virginia. The Continental Army and its French allies were just beginning their siege of the British Army encamped at Yorktown. They had marched from Rhode Island and New York, across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. They traversed innumerable streams and rivers, the Potomac and Occoquan among them, on their way to their final rendezvous with Lord Cornwallis’ Red Coats.
George Washington, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, had imperfect information on the disposition of British forces and what their leaders’ intentions were. Yet he had enough information to make the educated assumption that Cornwallis’ forces were vulnerable. In consultation with his French allies, Washington decided to risk the entire Patriot cause on the possibility that a single, decisive victory over the British would assure the independence of the fledgling United States.
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