An Army for the War: 1777 Most Continental enlistments expired on 31 December 1776. Congress and Washington hoped to avoid a recurrence of the problems of the previous winter by beginning their preparations for reorganizing the Continental Army during the early fall of 1776. Profiting from that earlier experience, they not only started sooner but…
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Action at White Plains
Posted on Author Frank MoorePosted in 1776-10-28 White Plains, Pennsylvania Evening Post, Revolutionary AmericaLeave a Reply
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. Last Monday we1 received intelligence that the enemy, with their whole body, were advancing towards us. The army were immediately alarmed, and part of General Wadsworth’s brigade, with some other regiments under the command of General Spencer, consisting in…