From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. March 6. –Day before yesterday, departed this life, in the fifty-sixth year of his age, the Reverend Samuel Auchmuty, D. D., Rector of Trinity Church in New York, a gentleman greatly beloved and respected. He was born at Boston,…
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State of the American Army
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. March 1. –A deserter from the rebel army at Westchester, who came into New York this morning, says that the Congress troops are suffering extremely for food and rum; that there is not a whole pair of breeches in…
The Married Regiment
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. When Governor Trumbull recommended to the householders in Connecticut, who were not obliged to do military duty, to form themselves into companies, choose their own officers, and equip themselves for the defence of these States, a number of aged…
A New Catechism
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. A correspondent thinks the following new catechism will amply repay an attentive perusal:1 What is war?–It is the curse of mankind, the mother of pestilence and famine, and the undistinguishing destroyer of the human species. How is war divided?–Into…
Sufferings of American Prisoners
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. January 19. –General Howe has discharged all the privates, who were prisoners in New York; one-half he sent to the world of spirits for want of food–the other he hath sent to warn their countrymen of the danger of…