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Bauman, Sebastian (1739-1803) A Return of ordnance stores Expended in the differen Batteries on the lines Before York, from the 12th to the 13 of Oct. Inst.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01224 Author/Creator: Bauman, Sebastian (1739-1803) Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Autograph document signed Date: 17 October 1781 Pagination: 1 p. + docket Order a Copy

Lists quantities of stores used in the first and second batteries, from 12 to 13 October and 16 to 17 October respectively, under Major Bauman during the siege of Yorktown. Bauman commanded an artillery corps that was a part of Colonel John Lamb's Second Regiment of Continental Artillery.

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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