George Washington Papers

General Orders, 31 January 1778

General Orders

Parole: Countersign:

Head-Quarters V. Forge Saturday Jany 31st 1778.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

Brig. Gen. Edward Hand’s orderly book for this date includes orders for a detachment “to parad. Tomorrow Morning at Nine OClock prepared for a weeks Command. A Solder from each Brigade, who is used to driving a Waggon to parade at the same time for a weeks Command” (DNA: RG 93, Orderly Books, 1775–1783, vol. 20).

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    General Orders, 31 January 1778
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    31 January 1778

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    “General Orders, 31 January 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-13-02-0343. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 13, 26 December 1777 – 28 February 1778, ed. Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2003, p. 418.]