Redoubt 10, Siege of Yorktown
ON THIS LINE AT THE
SIEGE OF YORKTOWN
ON OCTOBER 14, 1781, AT NIGHT
THE BATTALIONS OF
GIMAT, HAMILTON AND LAURENS
OF THE LIGHT INFANTRY DIVISION OF
MAJOR-GENERAL MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE UNDER THE COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ALEXANDER HAMILTON WITH UNLOADED MUSKETS AND FIXED BAYONETS, SCALED THE PARAPETS AND GALLANTLY CAP- TURED REDOUBT No 10 WHICH FORMED THE EXTREME LEFT OUTLYING DEFENSE OF THE BRITISH AND SO HASTENED THE SURRENDER OF YORKTOWN IN THE LAST FIGHTING OF THE TROOPS OF GEN GEORGE WASHINGTON ERECTED BY THS SONS OF THE REVOLUTION IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK 1925
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OF THE LIGHT INFANTRY DIVISION OF
MAJOR-GENERAL MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE UNDER THE COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ALEXANDER HAMILTON WITH UNLOADED MUSKETS AND FIXED BAYONETS, SCALED THE PARAPETS AND GALLANTLY CAP- TURED REDOUBT No 10 WHICH FORMED THE EXTREME LEFT OUTLYING DEFENSE OF THE BRITISH AND SO HASTENED THE SURRENDER OF YORKTOWN IN THE LAST FIGHTING OF THE TROOPS OF GEN GEORGE WASHINGTON ERECTED BY THS SONS OF THE REVOLUTION IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK 1925
Submitted by @TheAHASociety
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