General Orders, 28 August 1776

General Orders

Head Quarters, New York, August 28th 1776

Parole: Sullivan.Countersign: Stirling.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

Peter Kinnan wrote in his orderly book under this date: “No orders this day that ever came to hand” (Kinnan, Order Book description begins Peter Kinnan. Order Book Kept by Peter Kinnan, July 7–September 4, 1776. Princeton, N.J., 1931. description ends , 88).

Index Entries

You Are Looking At

Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: General Orders, 28 August 1776
Author: Washington, George
Date: 28 August 1776

Reference

Cite as: “General Orders, 28 August 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-06-02-0127. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 6, 13 August 1776 – 20 October 1776, ed. Philander D. Chase and Frank E. Grizzard, Jr. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1994, p. 146.]