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The Irish Battalion

From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. March 18.—Yesterday, the anniversary of Saint Patrick, the tutelar saint of Ireland, was celebrated in New York by the natives of that kingdom, with their accustomed hilarity. The volunteers of Ireland, preceded by their band of music, marched into…

Sir William Howe

From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. Sir William Howe, when in America, says a correspondent in London, was the worst general that ever a British army was cursed with. The flower of our troops, which should have blossomed in the full bloom of victory, and…