From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. October 19.—Be it remembered, that on the seventeenth of October, 1781, Lieutenant-General Earl Cornwallis, with above five thousand British troops, surrendered prisoners of war to his Excellency General George Washington, commander-in-chief of the allied forces of France and America!…
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Death of William Hines
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. June 14.—This morning, died in Forton Prison, near Portsmouth, England, Mr. William Hines, an officer of the General Gates’ private ship of war, from Danvers, near Boston, Massachusetts; after having with much patience, and with the most irreproachable conduct,…
Cornwallis’s Surrender celebrated at Trenton
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. October 28.—Yesterday the great and important event of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and his whole army, to the combined forces commanded by his Excellency GENERAL WASHINGTON, was celebrated at Trenton, in New Jersey, with every mark of joy…
Doctor Nathaniel Scudder killed
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. October 17.—Day before yesterday a party of refugees from Sandy Hook landed at Shrewsbury, in Monmouth county, New Jersey, and under cover of the night marched undiscovered to Colt’s Neck, near fifteen miles from the place of their landing,…
Battle Field of Eutaw
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. The battle of Eutaw, which was fought yesterday, happened upon the same spot of ground on which, according to the tradition of the country, a memorable battle was fought about a century ago, between a party of speculating Europeans…