13741General Orders, 7 October 1781 (Washington Papers)
Major Dexter is appointed officer of the day for this day vice Major Olney indisposed. The Guards and Fatigue for the Trenches will mount daily at twelve ô clock: they are to parade precisely at eleven on the right of the Marquis de la Fayette’s Division. For the Trenches this day Major General the Marquis de La Fayette Brigadier Generals Muhlenberg & Hazen The Marquis de La Fayette’s division...
13742General Orders, 26 March 1778 (Washington Papers)
No scouting party is to be sent out of Camp unless it is by order of the Commander in Chief the General Officer of the day or Adjutant General ’till the Army may happen to be in a moving state and circumstances require it, disobedience to, or neglect of this order will be severely punished, and as many officers have been captivated by their own folly and carelessness, He most expressly...
13743General Orders, 27 May 1783 (Washington Papers)
For the day tomorrow Brigr Genl Stark B. Qr Mr 3d Massa. Brigade The 1st York regt gives the Guards and the Jersey Battalion the fatigues tomorrow. The regimental Surgeons are to make Returns of their Sick weekly to Doctr Craick. The Honorable the Congress have been pleased to pass the following Resolve. By the United States in Congress assembled May 16th 1783. Resolved That the Commutation in...
13744General Orders, 5 June 1779 (Washington Papers)
Varick transcript , DLC:GW . GW’s aide-de-camp Richard Kidder Meade received money from Maj. Caleb Gibbs on 6 June and paid $10 to servants at “Mr [Robert] Erskines,” whose home at Ringwood was situated near the road about one mile from the New Jersey—New York border (Revolutionary War Accounts, Vouchers, and Receipted Accounts 1, 1776–1780, DLC:GW , Ser. 5).
13745General Orders, 12 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
[Officer] For the Day Tommorrow[:] Brigadier General Stark. Two Captains four subs. eight serjeants and one hundred and fifty men from each Wing are to be sent at five ô clock tomorrow morning to Dobbs ferry as a fatigue party under the direction of Colonel Gouvion Commandant of the Corps of Engineers—They are to take their Arms and two days provisions with them. The Issuing Commissaries are...
13746General Orders, 15 September 1777 (Washington Papers)
The whole line, while it continues unseperated, is to furnish 600 men properly officered, for guards &c.—Each brigade to give in proportion to it’s strength—These men are to be under the immediate direction of the Major General, and other officers of the day, who, with the assistance of the Q. Mr General, agreeably to the order of the 10th instant, are to see that these out-guards are posted...
13747General Orders, 19 February 1780 (Washington Papers)
An Adjutant, a Drum Major and a Fife Major of the same brigade with the brigade Major of the day, will attend the grand parade every morning at troop-beating to assist in forming the guards & performing the field manœuvres. At a General Court-Martial held by order of His Excellency the Commander in Chief in Morristown the 5th day of February 1780—and by several orders and adjournments...
13748General Orders, 4 April 1783 (Washington Papers)
For the day tomorrow Major Graham B. Qr Mr 2d Massa. Brigd. For duty the 2d Massa. regiment DLC : Papers of George Washington.
13749General Orders, 24 August 1777 (Washington Papers)
General Greene’s and Genl Stephen’s divisions are to march to morrow morning at four o’clock precisely, if it should not rain, towards Wilmington, and encamp on the first good ground beyond Naaman’s creek. All the horse are likewise to march at the same time, and proceed to Wilmington, and encamp on the first good ground there, or in their neighbourhood thereof. Genl Lord Stirling’s division,...
13750General Orders, 25 July 1777 (Washington Papers)
The troops having arrived at the place of encamping so early, they can with the greatest ease provide themselves with wood; and each Brigadier General will see that it be done accordingly—That fences are ever burnt must be imputed to inattention, and want of care in officers; but at this time will be deemed to arise from the most inexcusable negligence—How disgraceful to the army is it, that...
13751General Orders, 16 August 1775 (Washington Papers)
Capt. Eleazer Lindsey of Col. Gerrishes Regt tried by a General Court Martial, for “absenting himself from his post, which was attacked and abandoned to the enemy.” The Court on consideration are of opinion that Capt. Lindsey be discharged [from] the service, as a person improper to sustain a Commission. John Parke Esqr. is appointed an Assistant to the Quarter Master Genl; he is to be obeyed...
13752General Orders, 25 July 1778 (Washington Papers)
All Officers who have received public Monies, which are yet unaccounted for will prepare and settle their Accompts immediately with the Auditors. The troop will beat at six ôClock in the morning—the guards to be on the Parade at seven precisely; The Brigade Majors are reminded to bring on the Super-numeraries, one to every twelve men. The Grand Parade is assigned on the Main-Road near the Park...
13753General Orders, 1 September 1776 (Washington Papers)
It being necessary there should be an Arrangement of the troops, in order that they may act with union and firmness—The Army, as brigaded yesterday, is now arranged in three Grand Divisions, under the following officers (Viz.) Major Genl Putnam to command the following brigades. Parson’s[,] Clinton’s[,] Scott’s[,] Fellow’s[,] Silliman’s. The centre Divisions, under Genl Spencer and Genl Green...
13754General Orders, 17 March 1776 (Washington Papers)
The Regiments under marching orders, to march to morrow morning at sun-rise. Varick transcript , DLC:GW . The British evacuated Boston this morning, and the fuller set of orders that appear under this date in Artemas Ward’s orderly book indicates GW’s immediate response to that event: “The Guards on plowed hill are to be removed to Bunker Hill, & Sentinels placed so as not only to observe any...
13755General Orders, 28 December 1779 (Washington Papers)
Varick transcript , DLC:GW . Adj. Gen. Alexander Scammell’s orderly book entry for this date includes general orders: “A Serjeant, Corporal and Twelve Men from the Connecticut Line with their Arms Packs, Blanketts and three Days Provision to be sent to Pluckemin Tomorrow to cut wood for the Hospital two Weeks. A Corporal and Six Men from the same Line to be sent as a Guard to the Forage Yard...
13756Circular to the States of Connecticut and Massachusetts, 19 January 1781 (Washington Papers)
I should not trouble your Excellency, with such reiterated applications on the score of supplies, if any objects less than the safety of the Posts on this River, and indeed the existance of the Army, were at stake. By the enclosed Extracts of a Letter, of Yesterday, from Major Genl Heath, you will see our present situation, and future prospects. If therefore the supply of Beef Cattle demanded...
13757General Orders, 10 January 1779 (Washington Papers)
Varick transcript , DLC:GW .
13758[Diary entry: 15 May 1781] (Washington Papers)
15th. Information, dated 12 oclock yesterday reports 15 Sail of Vessels & a number of Flatboats to be off Fort Lee. Ordered a detachment of 200 Men to March immediately to support the Post at Dobbs’s. ferry—countenance the Militia, & cover the Country in that Neighbourhood. Intelligence from C—— Senr., dated 729 —a detachment is expected to Sail tomorrow from New York, & said to consist of the...
13759Circular to the States, 22 May 1779 (Washington Papers)
The situation of our affairs at this period appears to me peculiarly critical, and this I flatter myself will apologise for that anxiety which impels me to take the liberty of addressing you on the present occasion. The state of the army in particular is alarming on several accounts—that of its numbers is not among the least. Our battalions are exceedingly reduced, not only from the natural...
13760General Orders, 20 January 1781 (Washington Papers)
Varick transcript , DLC:GW .
13761[Diary entry: 7 June 1781] (Washington Papers)
7th. A Letter from the Govr. of Virginia dated at Charlottesville the 28th. Ulto. representing the distressed State of Virginia & pressing my repairng thither, was received —other letters (but not official) speak of Lord Cornwallis’s advance to Hanover Court House—that the Marquis was retreating before him towards Fredericksburg and that General Leslie was embarked in James River with about...
13762General Orders, 28 July 1781 (Washington Papers)
For the day Tomorrow Major General Heath Colonel Tupper For Picquet Major Gibbs Inspector Captain Converse. The Commander in Chief desires that the General officer of the day may every morning exercise the Troops assembled on the Grand Parade in such manœuvres and Evolutions as he thinks most necessary to fit the men for immediate Service agreeable to the rules proscribed by the regulations...
13763General Orders, 10 October 1780 (Washington Papers)
[Officers] For the day Tomorrow[:] Brigadier General Patterson[,] Colonel Bailey[,] Lieutenant Colonel Basset[,] Major Maxwell[,] Brigade Major Woodbridge The General Court martial whereof Colonel Jackson is President to sit tomorrow morning Ten ô clock at a house near Totowa bridge. The Commander in Chief desires that the Colonels and Officers commanding regiments in the several state lines...
13764Orders for March from Valley Forge, 17 June 1778 (Washington Papers)
The Army is to March to Morrow, & till further orders in the following Order. The Marquis De La Fyatte Woodfords is to lead with Scotts Brigades North Carolina The Baron De Kalb Glovers next with Pattersons Brigades Learneds The Artillery Park & spare Amunition Lord Stirling With Weedons Muhlenbergs Brigades 1st Maryland 2d Maryland
13765General Orders, 1 March 1783 (Washington Papers)
For the day tomorrow Major Trescot. For duty the first York regiment. At the General Court Martial of which Colonel Micheal Jackson is president—Ensign James Sawyer of the seventh Massachusetts regiment was tried—charged as follows, First "for behaving in a riotous and ungentlemanlike manner, to the subversion of good order and Military Discipline on the evening and night of the 29th of...
13766General Orders, 26 June 1776 (Washington Papers)
Agreeable to a Resolve of the Honorable the Continental Congress, no Certificates of Expences are to be given in future by any but Brigadiers, Quarter Masters and their Deputies, or a Field Officer on a march, or officer commanding at a detached post. The remainder of Col. Waynes Regiment under Command of Lieut. Col. Johnston are to embark for Albany on Saturday next —The Quarter Master...
13767General Orders, 18 October 1777 (Washington Papers)
The General has his happiness completed relative to the successes of our northern Army. On the 14th instant, General Burgoyne, and his whole Army, surrendered themselves prisoners of war—Let every face brighten, and every heart expand with grateful Joy and praise to the supreme disposer of all events, who has granted us this signal success—The Chaplains of the army are to prepare short...
13768Proclamation to the Friends of America in the State of New Jersey, 31 December 1776 (Washington Papers)
The Army of the American States, under my Command being lately greatly reinforced, and having again Enter’d the State of New Jersey, I most warmly request the Militia of Said State at this Important Crisis to Evince their love to their Country, by boldly stepping forth and defending the Cause of Freedom, The Inhabitants may be Assured that by a Manly & Spirited Conduct they may now releive...
13769General Orders, 21 October 1778 (Washington Papers)
Lieutt Samuel Richards is appointed Pay-Master to the 3rd Connecticutt Regiment—Lieutt William Adams to the 4th—Lieutt John Shearman to the 6th and Lieutt Richard Sill to the 8th from the 7th of September last. Purity of Morals being the only sure foundation of publick happiness in any Country and highly conducive to order, subordination and success in an Army, it will be well worthy the...