George Washington Papers

General Orders, 6 February 1780

General Orders

Head-Quarters Morristown sunday Feby 6th 1780.

Parole Kamineck— C. Signs Kallo. Kamish.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

Adj. Gen. Alexander Scammell’s orderly book entry for this date includes the following additional general orders: “A Detachment from the line with three Days Provision will march tomorrow Morning under Command of Major Winder, attended by a surgeon from the Second Pennsylvania Brigade.”

“A Detachment from the Maryland line with two Days Provision to March to Morris Town this afternoon.”

“The Pennsylvania Division furnishes the Fatigue for the Orderly Room tomorrow and next Day” (orderly book, 17 Oct. 1779–22 March 1780, DNA: RG 93, Orderly Books, 1775–1783, vol. 33).

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    General Orders, 6 February 1780
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    “General Orders, 6 February 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-24-02-0309. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 24, 1 January–9 March 1780, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, p. 390.]