Howitzers for General Robertson at Nashville
Document 1794Hodgdon is ordered to have six 3 & 1/2 inch iron howitzers, with ammunition for 100 rounds for each piece including 25 grape or case shot, transported to Fort Pitt and then sent down the Ohio to General Robertson at Nashville.
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War department
April 11 1794
Sir,
Please to have prepared immediately, and transported to Fort Pitt in order thence to be sent down the Ohio to Nashville to the address of General Robertson, Six of the three and an half inch Iron howitzers with ammunition for one hundred rounds complete for each piece, including twenty five grape or case shot.
I am
Sir
Your humble servant
H Knox
Secy of War
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Hodgdon is ordered to have six 3 & 1/2 inch iron howitzers, with ammunition for 100 rounds for each piece including 25 grape or case shot, transported to Fort Pitt and then sent down the Ohio to General Robertson at Nashville.
Date
04/11/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1794041100001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Henry Knox
Secretary of War
General Robertson
Notable locations
War Department
Fort Pitt
Ohio River
Nashville
Notable items
iron howitzers
grape shot
case shot
ammunition