Redoubt 10, Siege of Yorktown

ON THIS LINE AT THE

SIEGE OF YORKTOWN

ON OCTOBER 14, 1781, AT NIGHT

THE BATTALIONS OF

GIMAT, HAMILTON AND LAURENS
OF THE LIGHT INFANTRY DIVISION OF
MAJOR-GENERAL

MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

UNDER THE COMMAND OF

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL

ALEXANDER HAMILTON

WITH UNLOADED MUSKETS AND

FIXED BAYONETS, SCALED THE

PARAPETS AND GALLANTLY CAP-

TURED REDOUBT No 10 WHICH

FORMED THE EXTREME LEFT

OUTLYING DEFENSE OF THE

BRITISH AND SO HASTENED THE

SURRENDER OF YORKTOWN IN

THE LAST FIGHTING OF

THE TROOPS OF

GEN GEORGE WASHINGTON

ERECTED BY THS

SONS OF THE REVOLUTION IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK

1925