Statistics for occurrence #1 of “de Yorktown” in chapter 242 of Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 2.:
...hel agin, and day carry out provisions ebry day to Bethel, or somewhere dat way; dare are no boats at Yorktown ; last week day burned two wharfes near Yorktown, so dat de dam Yankee ships can't land; de Yorktown troops say dat dare are two or tree tousand troops at Williamsburg; day say dat when de dam Yankees march all on cm, den day come from Bethel and Williamsburg, and all fall into Yorktown.
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