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Smith, John (d.1837) Return of ordnance ammunition & stores at Glo'ster Point

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10496 Author/Creator: Smith, John (d.1837) Place Written: Gloucester Point, Virginia Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 19 October 1781 Pagination: 2 p. ; 45.7 x 28.8 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Lieutenant Smith, commanding Royal Artillery Glocester.

Lt. John Smith (later General Sir John Smith) had served in Canada before being captured in 1775 at St. John's by Benedict Arnold's army. He was exchanged in 1777, and went on to fight at Brandywine, Germantown, Charlestown, and Yorktown. Smith later served in the West Indies under Ralph Abercromby (1795), in Holland under the Duke of York (1799), and at Gibraltar (1804-14), where he ended his tenure as governor. At the time of his death, Smith held the rank of colonel commandant. (See "History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery," J. Murray, 1872.)

Smith, John, ?-1837
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Revolutionary War
Military History
Muster Rolls and Returns
Continental Army
Ammunition
Artillery
Military Supplies
Battle
Battle (Siege, Surrender) of Yorktown
The War for Independence

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