From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. September 6.—This morning about daybreak, twenty-four sail of British shipping appeared to the westward of the harbor of New London, in Connecticut. By many they were supposed to be a plundering party, after stock. Alarm guns were immediately fired,…
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Naval Engagement off the Chesapeake
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. September 5.—This day an engagement between the British fleet, under Admiral Graves, and the French, commanded by De Grasse, took place off the Chesapeake. The first certain notice Admiral Graves received of the French fleet being actually upon the…
Defacing of a Picture
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. We think the defacing of a picture, though it were of a man stained with the crimes of murder and rebellion, is a poor expression of scorn or resentment, which no man of a generous mind can justify. What…
“Leonidas” to Cornwallis
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. August 27.—A writer of South Carolina presents the following address to Lord Cornwallis:—”My lord,—As a generous enemy I mean to address you with candor. I possess not the acrimony of a satirist nor the disposition to encourage it. I…
General Greene – The Southern Army
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. August 17.—A correspondent at Salisbury, in North Carolina, thus refers to the commander of the southern army:— “Future ages will celebrate the name of that illustrious hero, who, by his activity and superior military talents, has, for more than…