From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. September 8. –By intelligence from the grand army, we learn that General Washington’s head-quarters were at Wilmington on the first instant, and the main body of the army encamped on the heights, on the environs of the town; that…
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Proclamation
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. By John Burgoyne, and Burgoyne John, Esquire, And grac’d with titles still more higher; For I’m lieutenant-general too, Of George’s troops both red and blue. On this extensive continent; And of Queen Charlotte’s regiment Of light dragoons the colonel:…
The Danbury Expedition
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. May 12. –The rebels have industriously reported, and even had the assurance to publish in some of their newspapers, that the King’s troops employed in destroying the magazine at Danbury, “behaved with great barbarity, wantonly and cruelly murdering the…
Hugh Gaine’s Facts and Criticisms
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. The late proclamation, issued by Sir William Howe, we hear, has been read to the several corps in the rebel army, by their respective leaders, who strove to show them that the design of it was to lead them…
Skirmish at Boundbrook
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. April 14. –Day before yesterday, General Lord Cornwallis, Generals Grant and Matthews, with the first battalion of grenadiers, one battalion of light infantry, a detachment of the guards, the light horse, two battalions of Hessians, and the Yagers, commanded…