From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. December 26. –General Washington, finding it absolutely necessary to rouse the spirits of the army, which have been sorely depressed by the long series of disasters which have attended us for almost the whole of this month, resolved to…
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Admiral Gayton
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. Admiral Gayton has taken upon him publicly to declare, in opposition to the author of Common Sense, and from his own knowledge, that when he was in America forty years since, “there never had been a man-of-war of any…
General Lee Taken Prisoner
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. December 13. –This morning, about eleven o’clock, General Lee was taken prisoner at Baskenridge, in New Jersey, by Colonel Harcourt with a party of light horse. The sentry placed at the door of the house at which General Lee…
A Fable
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. There was a large forest, inhabited by a few sheep. In the neighborhood was a nation of mastiff dogs, another of foxes, another of wolves, and another of boars. The sheep were protected by the dogs till they increased…
Americans Retreat to Trenton Falls
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. December 12. –Since last Sunday, we have all been at the laboring oar, from the generals to the privates. Early in that day we heard that Cornwallis was coming in three different ways.1 Knowing our weak situation, he made…