George Washington Papers

General Orders, 19 May 1780

General Orders

Head Quarters Morristown Friday May 19th 1780.

Parole Delaware Countersigns S.H.

[Officers] Of the Day Tomorrow[:] Colonel Courtlandt[,] Lieutenant Colonel Willet[,] Brigade Major Hand’s Brigade

[Officers] To Command the Manœuvring Battalions Tomorrow[:] Colonels Angell and Stewart[,] Lieutenant Colonel Huntington[,] Major Torrey

The Manœuvring Battalions to be formed tomorrow morning Six o clock precisely; Brigade Major of the second Pennsylvania Brigade to attend the formation &ca.

Clinton’s and Hand’s Brigades each give an Adjutant and Colors as before.1

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. See the general orders for 16 May.

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    “General Orders, 19 May 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-26-02-0060. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 26, 13 May–4 July 1780, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins and Adrina Garbooshian-Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2018, p. 83.]