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Creative Writing: Siege of Yorktown


It was four o'clock in the morning when my commanding officer awoke me
and we were ordered to prepare to march. We had set up an extensive camp at
Chatham in New York, we all believed that we would attack New York City. It
turned out that we were marching on towards Yorktown.
When we arrived at Yorktown the bay was full of French ships. Our army
along with the French encircled Cornwallis. Cornwallis did not surrender, he
waited for a larger British fleet to save him.
Being in the Corps of Sappers and Miners we were to prepare mines and
trenches. On the night of October 5th we sneaked within 150 ft. of the British
lines. We were under heavy protection, for it was a dark and rainy night. We
laid down pine wood end-to-end so troops would know where to dig trenches. The
trenches allowed 100 cannons to be close to the British but still be under
protection. Soldiers were moved to the area and issued shovels and picks. It
was truly a......

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