Citation - Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia: 1781.11.07

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Index Entry Bugle horns, in Yorktown, spoils of war, taken from British 
Location Yorktown 
Citation
PG-P.781.045
7 Nov 1781:21, 22, 23, 31, 32 (2682)
[4 1/3 columns in outline form:] General return of officers
and privates surrendered prisoners of war, the 19th of
October, 1781, to the allied army under the command of his
Excellency General Washington, taken from the original
muster rolls.
. . . [12 lines listing general and staff prisoners.] 
Artillery. . . 4 drums, 193 rank & file. . .
Guards. . . 12 drums, 467 rank and file. . .
Light-infantry. . . 13 drums, 594 rank and file. . .
XVIIth Regiment. . . 13 drums, 205 rank and file. . .
XXIIId Regiment. . .
XXXIIId Regiment. . . 9 drums, 225 rank and file. . .
XLIIId Regiment. . . 16 drums, 307 rank and file. . .
LXXIst Regiment. . . 9 drums, 242 rank and file. . . 
LXXVIth Regiment. . . 18 drums, 628 rank and file. . . 
LXXXth Regiment . . . 20 drums, 588 rank and file. . .
Two battalions Anspach. . . 25 drums, 584 rank and file, . .
.
Prince Hereditary . . . 11 drums, 425 rank and file. . . 
Regiment du Bose. . . 16 drums, 235 rank and file. . .
Yagers. . . 1 trumpet, 68 rank & file. . .
British Legion . . . 7 trumpeters, 192 rank and file . . .
Queen's Rangers . . . 5 trumpeters, 248 rank and file. . .
. . . Total . . . 179 drums and trumpeters . . .
Return of Ordnance and Military Stores . . .
Drums good 62, damaged 19.  Total 81.
Drum slings 18, fife cases 10, fife slings 7, trumpet 1.
Bugle horns 18, French horns 5.  Total 23 
. . . 
Cloathing received from Captain Girlock, . . . 17 [uniforms
for] drummers


Generic Title Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia 
Date 1781.11.07 
Publisher Hall and Sellers 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1781 
Bibliography B0037431
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