Citation - Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu): 1777.01.10

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Index Entry Drummers, in Trenton, Hessian, taken prisoner 
Location Trenton 
Citation
VGW(HU.777.004
10 Jan 1777:41 (1327)
Return of prisoners taken at Trenton, the 26th December,
1776, by the army under the command of his Excellency
General Washington.
Regiment of Landspatch. . . 6 drummers, 5 musicians, . . . 
Regiment of Kniphausen, . . . 6 drummers . . .
Regiment of Rohl. . . 8 drummers, 4 musicians . . .
   Total, . . . 20 drummers, 9 musicians, . . . 740 rank &
file. 918 prisoners. 
   6 double fortified brass three pounders, with carriages
complete,  3 ammunition waggons, as many muskets, bayonets,
cartouch boxes, and swords as there are prisoners,  12
drums, and 4 colours.
   Published by order of Congress. [signed] Charles Thomson,
Sec'ry.


Generic Title Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu) 
Date 1777.01.10 
Publisher Dixon & Hunter 
City, State Williamsburg, VA 
Year 1777 
Bibliography B0048801
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