As we remember the thousands lost on 9/11, and the tough, terrible sacrifices made by U.S. service members in the years to follow, 230 years ago people in our area were making terrible sacrifices of their own.
In 1781 the American Revolution was in its sixth year. By this time in September, General George Washington and his French counterpart, General Rochambeau, had just left Mount Vernon for Yorktown, where they hoped to lay siege to British and Hessian forces encamped there.
Losses suffered by the Americans during the Revolution were proportionately staggering. Approximately 25,000 men had died while serving in the Continental Army. That was equivalent to one percent of the total population of the original 13 states. Another 25,000 troops had been wounded.
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