HENRY KNOX joined the Continental Army
in 1775 and rose in the ranks to become General Washington's
Chief of Artillery. After the war, he returned home to
his devoted wife, Lucy Flucker Knox (click
here to see her letter to him). Knox corresponded
with many of the era's most important figures, including
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John and John Q.
Adams, John Hancock, and Thomas Paine. This letter provides
an intimate and detailed account of the siege of Yorktown,
a turning point in the Revolutionary War. Get
transcript
Plan of the Investment and Attack of York in Virginia
(GLC 04760.02)