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Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823 Report of Ammunition expended in the different Batteries the 11th & 12th Oct. 1781.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01222 Author/Creator: Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823 Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Autograph document signed Date: 12 October 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Order a Copy

List quantities of ordnance used at the Grand Battery, the Mortar Battery, and the Left Battery at the siege of Yorktown. Stevens served under the Marquis de Lafayette in Virginia, and for a part of the time commanded the artillery at Yorktown.

Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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