contributor:
United States Naval Academy
coverage:
creator:
Smallwood, William, 1732-1792
date:
1778
description:
General Smallwood's Orderly Book, comprising 0.21 linear feet of documentation in a single item of 125 pages, spans from April 4 to September 6, 1778. The orderly book includes information on sentences of courts martial, distribution of arms and supplies, troop movements, issues of brevet rank, smallpox inoculation, and the need for officers and soldiers to attend to orders.The volume traces the Maryland line's movement from winter quarters in Wilmington, Delaware to camp at White Plains, New York. On June 8, 1778, the troops reached Valley Forge, Washington's headquarters, from which date his orders appear in the volume. Some items of note are the May 3, 1778 entry announcing the appointment of Baron von Steuben as Inspector General; his pending inspection of the Maryland line (May 13 entry); instructions for a feu de joie celebrating the Franco-American alliance (May 10); the Commander-in-Chief's congratulations to the army on the victory "obtained over the Arms of His Britanick [sic] Majesty yesterday" at the Battle of Monmouth (June 29) ; and orders for a cannon salute and feu de joie to celebrate the "Anniversary of the Declaration of Independance [sic]" (July 3).
format:
PDF
identifier:
Smallwood Orderly Book
language:
English
publisher:
relation:
rights:
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright, permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
source:
MS 171
subject:
Maryland -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; Smallwood, William, 1732-1792; Soldiers -- Maryland -- History -- 18th century; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783;
title:
General Smallwood's Orderly Book, 1778
type:
Manuscripts
