Stevens, Ebenezer (1751-1823) Return of Stores expended on the 15th & 16th Oct, by Lt. Col. Stevens.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01229 Author/Creator: Stevens, Ebenezer (1751-1823) Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 16 October 1781 Pagination: 2 p. + docket Order a Copy
Lists quantities of stores used at various locations and under the command of various officers during the siege of Yorktown. Also enumerates soldiers who were wounded, killed, and taken prisoner. Explains that a British attack at day break resulted in the deaths and woundings under Captain Joseph Savage. Also reports that the Grand Battery and Left Battery were dismantled and moved to the Second Parallel.
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The Enemy made a Sortee about day brake, killed & wounded the above men of Capt. Savage's, & spiked up three of his eighteen Pounders with points of Bayonets...
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