Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Journal of Captain John Montresor, June 24, 1777

The working parties of 300 men for erazing the Interiour parts of the works at Amboy countermanded. Deserters from Rebel Light horse. Some flying parties of the rebels Horse and Foot on Strawberry Hill, three miles from this Encampment. This evening advanced a body of our men and took post on Strawberry Hill to the right road to Woodbridge.

SOURCE: G. D. Scull, Editor, The Montresor Journals, p. 424

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