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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Van Cortlandt , Philip 1749 -1831 (search)
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Vose, Joseph 1738-1816
Military officer; born in Milton, Mass., Nov. 26, 1738; led the expedition which destroyed the light-house and hay on islands in Boston Harbor, May 27, 1775.
In November he was made lieutenant-colonel of Greaton's regiment, and accompanied it to Canada in the spring of 1776.
In 1777 he joined the main army in New Jersey, and his last military service was under Lafayette at Yorktown.
He died in Milton, Mass., May 22, 1816.
Yorktown, siege of
The allied armies joined Lafayette at Williamsburg, Va., Sept. 25, 1781, and on the 27th there was a besieging army there of 16,000 men, under the chief command of Washington, assisted by Rochambeau.
The British force, about half as numerous, were mostly behind intrenchments at Yorktown.
On the arrival of Washington and Rochambeau at Williamsburg they proceeded to the Ville de Paris, De Grasse's flag-ship, to congratulate the admiral on his victory over Graves on the 5 earl lost hope.
After that the bombardment of his lines was continuous, severe, and destructive, and on the 17th he offered to make terms for surrender.
On the following day Lieutenant-Colonel Laurens and Viscount de Noailles (a kinsman of Madame Lafayette), as commissioners of the allies, met Lieutenant-Colonel Dundas and Major Ross, of the British army, at the house of the Widow Moore to arrange terms for capitulation.
They were made similar to those demanded of Lincoln at Charleston eight