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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1781.) Issues of the Connecticut Journal describing the Battle of Guilford Court House and Siege of Yorktown. Issue #703 and 729. Each 4 pages, about 14 x 8 inches, on one folding sheet; minor wear, faint dampstaining; uncut. New Haven, CT: Thomas and Samuel Green, 1781
Issue describing the Battle of Guilford Court House. Includes General Nathanael Greene's long 16 March report to Congress on the Battle of Guilford Court House in North Carolina, the largest battle in the war's southern theater: "The conflict was long and severe, and the enemy only gained their point by superior discipline. . . . The firmness of the officers and soldiers, during the whole campaign, has been almost unparalleled." 19 April 1781.
Issue describing the start of the Siege of Yorktown. Includes a 30 September report from Virginia, set in italic type, on the start of the siege which ended the war: "The whole army marched from Williamsburgh to within one mile of the enemy's works at York, and formed the first line of circumvallation without any loss. . . . General Washington sent in a flag to Lord Cornwallis directing him not to destroy his shipping or warlike stores, as he would answer it at his peril." Also includes a proclamation by General Nathanael Greene, pledging to execute captured British officers in retaliation for their execution of Colonel Isaac Hayne; and an account of the Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina. 18 October 1781.
