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Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803 Report of What ordnance Stores Expended, and On hand at the Batteries during my Command from the 12 to the 13 of Oct. Inst.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01226 Author/Creator: Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803 Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Autograph document signed Date: 13 October 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

Lists quantities of stores used and on hand at the Grand Battery, Mortar Battery, and Left Battery 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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