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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.

Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Savage, Joseph, 1756-1814

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