Physical Description:
95 leaves, bound manuscript, oblong octavo Notes:
Brigade orderly book of Anthony Wayne's command during the Yorktown
campaign. On cover: Orders Sept. 26th 1781 to November 2nd
1781. Biographical Note:
Anthony Wayne (1745-1796), American revolutionary general, promoted
to Brigadier General in February 1777. In 1780, his brigade was
part of Steuben's division in the Yorktown campaign. Subjects:
Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 -- Archives. ; United States. Continental
Army -- Archives. ; United States. Continental Army -- History --
Sources. ; Generals -- United States -- Archives. ; United States
-- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources. ; United States --
History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- American forces -- Sources. ;
Yorktown (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1781 -- Sources. ; Steuben,
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von,
1730-1794. Form/Genre:
Military records United States Revolution, 1775-1783. ; Orderly
books United States Revolution, 1775-1783. Physical Collection:
Orderly Books of the American Revolution.
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