George Washington Papers

General Orders, 2 March 1781

General Orders

[New Windsor] Friday March 2d 1781

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Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

GW departed New Windsor for Newport on this date and left Maj. Gen. William Heath in command during his absence (see GW’s second letter to Samuel Huntington, 1 March, and his letter to Heath, same date; see also GW to Rochambeau, this date).

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    General Orders, 2 March 1781
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    Washington, George
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    2 March 1781

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    “General Orders, 2 March 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-30-02-0605. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 30, 1 January–6 March 1781, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2022, p. 681.]