George Washington Papers

After Orders, 26 December 1755

After Orders

[Winchester, 26 December 1755]

After Orders.

The Deserters1 now confined in the Guard-House, are to be immediately handcuffed; and to be supported with bread and water only.

LB, DLC:GW.

1. Sgt. Henry Campbell and two soldiers deserted on Christmas Eve and were retaken on Christmas Day. See the Orders and After Orders of 25 Dec. 1755.

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    After Orders, 26 December 1755
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    Washington, George
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    “After Orders, 26 December 1755,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-02-02-0236. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 2, 14 August 1755 – 15 April 1756, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983, p. 233.]