Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Return of Ordnance associated with the siege of Yorktown].

GLC02437.01248

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Type
Documents
Date
19 October 1781
Author/Creator
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Title
[Return of Ordnance associated with the siege of Yorktown].
Place Written
Yorktown, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

One side lists muskets, damaged arms, balls and shells that have been sent up the Chesapeake Bay, reserved for the Southern Army, remaining in Virginia, and fired at the British. The other side lists muskets, damaged arms, balls and shells that have been sent from various locations or seized from the British.

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