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The article focuses on the Battle of Yorktown in Virginia in 1781, which was proclaimed by former U.S. President Ronald Reagan as a victory for the rights of self-determination. It says that the revolution was regarded by King George III and his advisers as a plot hatched by demagogues, who deluded the colonial populace into opposing lawful government. Moreover, the campaign of Yorktown has ended in victory for the Continental Army and stamped out the terror tactics in Virginia.

A biography of Loyalist Captain John Saunders is presented. Born June 1, 1753 in Princess Anne County, Virginia, Saunders' lost both parents before he was twenty years old. With the help of a friendly neighbor who married his older sister, Saunders was able to gain an education while his family estate thrived in his absence. He later distinguished himself by publicly denouncing resistance to British Law and answered Virginia royal governor John Murray's call to arms for the British.

Presents a letter to the editor in response to the article "In Camp at Brandy Station, Virginia, February, 1864," by John Sickles in the December 2005 issue.