US Civil War battle site in Virginia (8)

I believe the answer is:

yorktown

(Other definitions for yorktown that I've seen before include "final victory of war" , "American Revolutionary War battle site" , "US siege site" , "Site of decisive seventeen hundred and eighty one British defeat in Virginia" , "Civil War battle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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