George Washington Papers

General Orders, 19 April 1780

General Orders

Head Quarters Morristown Wednesday April 19th 1780

Parole Washington Countersign, Greene

[Officers] Of the Day Tomorrow[:] Colonel Chambers[,] Major Torrey[,] Brigade Major from 1st Pennsylva. Brigade

After Orders1

The manœuvring Battalions are to be paraded tomorrow morning ten o clock precisely in the field near Colonel Abeel’s house. A Detachment from the Artillery sufficient to manage eight field pieces to parade at the same Time and place without Cannon.2

Brigadier General Clinton to take command of the Battalions.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW, ser. 3, subseries G, letter book 5; Varick transcript, DLC:GW, ser. 3, subseries G, letter book 4.

1. The Varick transcript in letter book 4 does not include this heading.

2. See the general orders for 17 April and n.2.

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    “General Orders, 19 April 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-25-02-0309. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 25, 10 March–12 May 1780, ed. William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2017, p. 450.]