George Washington Papers

General Orders, 28 June 1780

General Orders

Head Quarters, Ramapough [N.J.] Wednesday June 28th 1780

Parole Monmouth Countersigns Fight Fame
Watchword Success.

[Officers] Of the Day Tomorrow[:] Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Hubley. Major James Moore[,] Brigade Major Bradford

The Picquet on the right to be increased with the Addition of a Captain Sub. Serjeant Corporal and twenty nine privates.

A Sub., Two Serjeants two Corporals and twenty five men to be Posted at the Mill on the left.

A jill of Rum ⅌ man to be issued to the troops this evening.1

The General Court martial whereof Colonel Meigs is President is dissolved.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. A gill equals four fluid ounces.

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    General Orders, 28 June 1780
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    Washington, George
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    “General Orders, 28 June 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-26-02-0439. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 26, 13 May–4 July 1780, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins and Adrina Garbooshian-Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2018, p. 585.]