From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. June 30.—This evening, the party despatched yesterday by his excellency to observe the motions of the enemy, returned to camp. They report that the enemy have continued their march very precipitately. The roads are strewn with knapsacks, firelocks, and…
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Battle of Monmouth
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. June 29.—His Excellency General Washington, having early intelligence of the intended movement of the enemy from Philadelphia, detached a considerable body of troops under the command of Major-General Lee, in order to support General Maxwell’s brigade of continental troops…
John Downy
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. May 2.—Among the slain, near the Crooked Billet, yesterday, fell the gallant Captain John Downey, late schoolmaster in Philadelphia, whose worth entitles him to a place in the annals of America. He took an active and early part in…
Fight at the Crooked Billet
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. May 1.—This morning, at daylight, the American camp, which lay near the Crooked Billet,1 was surrounded with a body of the enemy, who appeared on all quarters. The scouts neglected last night to patrol the roads as they were…
Forts Clinton and Montgomery Taken
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. October 6. –This day the fortresses Clinton and Montgomery, on the North River, in New York, fell into the hands of the British, under the command of Sir Henry Clinton. A gentleman who was in Fort Montgomery when it…