Citation - Newport Mercury: 1781.11.24

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Index Entry Drummers, in Yorktown, British, taken prisoner 
Location Yorktown 
Citation
NM.781.041
24 Nov 1781:21,22 (1052)
General return of officers and privates surrendered
prisoners of w[?] the 19th of October; 1781, to the allied-
army under the command of his excellency General Washington,
taken from the original muster rolls. . .
Artillery. . . . 4 drums . . . 
Guards. . . . 12 drums . . .
Light infantry. . . . 13 drums . . .
XVIIth regiment. . . . 13 drums . . . 
XXXIIId regiment. . . . 9 drums . . . 
XLIIId regiment. . . . 16 drums . . . 
LXXId regiment. . . . 9 drums . . .
LXXVIth regiment. . . . . 18 drums . . . 
LXXXth regiment. . . . 20 drums . . . 
Two battalions anspach. . . . 25 drums . . . 
French heriditary. . . . 11 drums . . . 
Regiment de Bose. . . . 16 drums . . . 
Yagers. . . . 1 trumpet . . . 
British legion. . . . 7 trumpeters . . . 
Queen's rangers. . . . 11 cornets . . . 5 trumpeters . . . 


Generic Title Newport Mercury 
Date 1781.11.24 
Publisher Barber, Henry 
City, State Newport, RI 
Year 1781 
Bibliography B0032637
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