W&M ScholarWorks Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 1950 The Yorktown Prisoners: A Narrative Account of the Disposition of the British Army Which Capitulated at Yorktown, October 19, 1781. James Linwood Carpenter College of William and Mary Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd Part of the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Carpenter, James Linwood, "The Yorktown Prisoners: A Narrative Account of the Disposition of the British Army Which Capitulated at Yorktown, October 19, 1781." (1950). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1593092153. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/m2-0mfs-s403 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE YORKTOWN PRISOHEHS A Narrative Account of the Disposition of the British A m y Which Capitulated at Yorktown, October 19, 17#1 A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Department of History The College of William end Mary In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts by Jamas Linwood Carpenter, Jr. June 1950 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION ..... ................. ....... U i Chapter X. Tm MY OF SURRENDER ...... I II. THE EVACUATION OF THE M U I FORCE ............. 9 III. THR EVACUATION OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED ....... 22 IV. THE DISPOSITION OF THE PAROLED OFFICERS ...... 37 V. THE INTERNMENT IN VIRGINIA, MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA ......... 0 VI.