Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Journal of Captain John Montresor, June 25, 1777

This morning early Ferguson's Riflemen surprised and took one Rebel Light dragoon and also an advanced Piquet, shot the officer thro the thigh and took him with 4 privates, the rest escaped. The Scarboro 20 Gun Ship with 16 sail from Halifax arrived at New York.

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

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