George Washington Papers

General Orders, 2 June 1780

General Orders

Head Quarters Morristown Friday June 2d 1780

Parole Ontario Countersigns P. K.

[Officers] Of the Day Tomorrow[:] Colonel Angell[,] Major Edwards[,] Brigade Major Hand’s Brigade

For manœuvring Colonel Livingston, Lieutenant Colonel Sherman Majors Reid and Leavensworth; Adjutants and Colours from the 1st pennsylvania and Connecticut brigades.

The manœuvring Battalions to parade near the Halfmoon tavern at 6 o clock tomorrow morning1—Brigade Major of the 2nd Connecticut brigade to attend the formation.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. The Half-Moon Tavern served as a landmark south of the Jockey Hollow winter encampment.

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    General Orders, 2 June 1780
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    Washington, George
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    “General Orders, 2 June 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-26-02-0190. [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. 286.]