Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Journal of Lieutenant William Feltman, July 4, 1781

A wet morning; cleared up 10 o'clock.

This day we had a Feu de Joie in celebration of our Independency of America, After that was over the Pennsylvania line performed several mancouvres, in which we fired; had the thanks of the Marquis, The feu de joie was with a running firing from right to left of the army,

SOURCE: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Publisher, Journal of Lieut. William Feltman, of the First Pennsylvania Regiment, 1781-82, p. 6

No comments:

Post a Comment