Lamb, John (1735-1800) Return of Stores expended, in the different Batteries, the 17th October 1781.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01234 Author/Creator: Lamb, John (1735-1800) Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Autograph document signed Date: 17 October 1781 Pagination: 1 p. + docket Order a Copy
Lists quantities of ordnance used at the Grand Battery, Left Battery, Left Redoubt, Right Redoubt, and in the trenches during the siege of Yorktown. Colonel Lamb commanded the Second Regiment of Continental Artillery.
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