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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01178 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0033] September 1781 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Sebastian Bauman about supplies needed for the upcoming siege of Yorktown |
| Date | 10 September 1781 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Bauman, Sebastian |
| Document Type | Military document; Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses obtaining needed supplies, and even though this falls outside the scope of his department Knox asserts that "in these times one must do more than mere duty." He hopes Major Bauman has succeeded and that he has embarked. Knox is sending an artificer officer named Mr. Thorp to obtain some ordnance items from General Mordecai Gist in Baltimore and to join Bauman on the upcoming operation. The items are urgently needed, and Knox has already been disappointed in obtaining them from Philadelphia. Bauman commanded an artillery corps that was a part of Colonel John Lamb's Second Regiment of Continental Artillery and had been recently appointed to his post by Knox. The Continental Army was preparing for the siege of Yorktown. |
| Subjects | Battle (Siege, Surrender) of Yorktown Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Artillery Military Supplies |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Bauman, Sebastian (1739-1803) Gist, Mordecai (1742-1792) |
| Place written | Pool's Island |
| 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 |
| Related documents | Letter from Mordecai Gist to Henry Knox on the provision of military supplies Letter from Sebastian Bauman to Henry Knox about artillery supplies |