page_title: The Light Infantry Division at Yorktown (1781)
section_title: Notes
hierarchical_section_title: The Light Infantry Division at Yorktown (1781) / Notes
caption_attribution_description: English: American storming of redoubt #10 during the Siege of Yorktown.
context_page_description: The Light Infantry Division was a large unit of the Continental Army that fought in the American Revolutionary War. It was formed by unifying the detached light infantry companies from several infantry regiments in September 1781. Its two brigades were made up of three battalions each, though the second brigade was later reorganized into four. The light infantry were regarded as the elite troops of the army. As such they participated in an important assault during the Siege of Yorktown in October 1781.
context_section_description: Johnston, page 113
  Washington General Orders of Sept 24, 1781
  Bauman
  Johnston, pages 113-114
  Washington General Orders of Sept 24, 1781
  Washington's General Orders Feb 1, 1781
  Washington's General Orders Feb 16, 1781
  Washington's General Orders of Nov 1, 1780
  Washington's General Orders of Nov 1, 1780
  Johnston, pages 126-147
  Heath Feb 18, 1781
  Heath Feb 18, 1781
  Heath Feb 18, 1781
  Washington to Dayton Feb 16, 1781
  Washington General Orders of Sept 24, 1781
  Boatner (1994), 1240
  Washington's General Orders of May 17, 1781
  Washington to Scammell, July 31, 1781
caption: The storming of Redoubt #10, by Eugene Lami.
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