Return of Stores expended on the 15th & 16th Oct, by Lt Col Stevens - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC02437.01229
From Archive Folder	The Henry Knox Papers [0034] October 1781
Title	Return of Stores expended on the 15th & 16th Oct, by Lt Col Stevens
Date	15-16 October 1781
Author	Stevens, Ebenezer (1751-1823)
Document Type	Military document
Content Description	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 of soldiers under Captain Joseph Savage. Also reports that the Grand Battery and Left Battery were dismantled and moved to the Second Parallel.
Subjects	Prisoner of War Battle (Siege, Surrender) of Yorktown Muster Rolls and Returns Revolutionary War Military History Continental Army Artillery Ammunition Battle Injury or Wound Death Global History and Civics
People	Carrington, Edward (1749-1810) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Savage, Joseph (1756-1814)
Place written	Yorktown, Virginia
Theme	The American Revolution
Sub-collection	The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide [Excerpt:] The Enemy made a Sortee about day brake, killed & wounded the above men of Capt. Savage's, & spiked up three of his eighteen Pounders with points of Bayonets...