At 10 A. M., we all
marched from our encampment and crossed St. George's ferry to Long Island. Just
after we had joined the brigade, we had a heavy cannonade, with some small
arms. This night we camped in the woods, without tents, in a hard rain.
Sentries firing all night.
SOURCE: “Diary of
Lieutenant James McMichael,” William H. Egle, Editor, Pennsylvania
Archives, Second Series, Vol. XV: Journals and Diaries of the War of the
Revolution with Lists of Officers and Soldiers, 1775-1783, p. 198
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